Midland Bank And Adjoining Cottages (Forming Isolated Block In Middle Of Street) / Midland Bank

Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

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5224 THE SQUARE

Midland Bank [formerly listed as Midland Bank and adjoining cottages (forming isolated block in middle of street)] SP 1539 SW 9/217 25.8.60 II* GV

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Early C18 remodelling. Two storeys, rubble with Cotswold stone roof to south and tiled roof to north. Two ashlar chimneys, the one over the eastern gable treated as an architectural feature with a cornice. Three windows to north. glazing bar sashes with beaded edges on first floor, 2 small irregular windows to ground floor.

The main feature is the east gable end: 2 storeys ashlar with segment-headed windows, glazing bar sashes in beaded surrounds with corniced keystoned (one to attic, 2 on first floor); coped verge with urn finials on large carved bases.

Inter-war Georgian bank front with 2 windows and right hand door with moulded cornice. South side irregular with dormered side chimney and 2 first floor windows flanking a door. Ground floor screened from road by later extension whose south wall (about 6 yds long and 8 ft high) contributes to the High Street character at this point. Isolated block in the middle of High Street, known as the Square).



Listing NGR: SP1503539116

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This is part of the Series: IOE01/0750 IOE Records taken by Lorna Freeman; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

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© Lorna Freeman. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project