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SU 7173 SE
3/327

KING STREET
Nos 3 to 5 (consec)

(Formerly listed as Nos 3 to 5 (consec) (Barclays Bank))

3.3.77.

II

1836. Architects Henry or Nathaniel Briant (local architects). Clients Joseph and Charles Simmonds and Co. Ornate Italian Palazzo style in Bath stone. Three storeys, five bays, with set back three bays (later circa 1870) to left in matching style. Hipped slate roof with three chimney stacks with blind dreading. Moulded eaves with lions heads supported on carved brackets. Quotas, Victorian scroll string over first floor, moulded cornice over ground floor. Deeply channelled ground floor and plinth. Plate glass sash windows, pilasters and pediments to first floor with flush cast-iron balconies, eared architraves to second floor. Richly ornamented Corinthian doorway to right of left hand wing with scrolled broken pediment flanked by cherubs and linked by carved swag; monogrammed key "J and C S and Co". Panelled door with wrought-iron fanlight and carved panels in concave reveals with carved head keystones.

Listing NGR: SU7169473412

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26407365

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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