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Latitude: 52.6657 / 52°39'56"N
Longitude: 0.1582 / 0°9'29"E
OS Eastings: 546044
OS Northings: 309739
OS Grid: TF460097
Mapcode National: GBR L1Q.YLK
Mapcode Global: WHJPH.D8K7
Entry Name: Barclays Bank
Listing Date: 10 February 1969
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1126591
English Heritage Legacy ID: 48432
Location: Wisbech, Fenland, Cambridgeshire, PE13
County: Cambridgeshire
District: Fenland
Civil Parish: Wisbech
Built-Up Area: Wisbech
Traditional County: Cambridgeshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cambridgeshire
Church of England Parish: Wisbech St Peter and St Paul
Church of England Diocese: Ely
The following previous listing date shall be added.
Page 97 Item number 6/225 10.2.69
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WISBECH OLD MARKET
TF 4609
(East Side)
6/225 Nos. 11 and 12
(Barclays Bank)
GV II
Bank built 1878 by Boardman of Norwich. Florentine Renaissance
design. Red brick with stone dressings. Hipped slate roof with
end stacks. Two storeys. Deep, moulded stone cornice, stone
band and plinth with rusticated quoins. Five first floor hung
sash windows with shouldered, segmental architraves with
keystone. Large central three-light window divided by colunns
on stone cill with round-headed arches and keystones. Two
windows above main entrance to right hand and larger balancing
window to left hand. Double, panelled doors. Interior has
original panelling to walls, and central, large oval-planned
counters. Ceiling divided by plastered beams with bands of
guilloche decoration. Contemporary facade to north wing of five
'bays' and three storeys; original building possibly C18.
Pevsner, Buildings in England, p.499.
Listing NGR: TF4604409739
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