Description

SK4292 ROTHERHAM HIGH STREET
(south side)
9/47 Williams and Glyns Bank
(formerly listed as No 1)
19.10.51
- II
Bank. c1892 by E. I. Hubbard for the Sheffield and Rotherham Joint Stock
Banking Company (press cutting). Ashlar sandstone, polished Aberdeen granite
columns, Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys with attics. Corner site with curved
corner bay having 5 bays to right facing High Street and 6 bays to left
facing Wellgate. High Street facade: plinth with bases for giant Corinthian
columns between each bay. Doorway to bay 2 has ¼ colonnettes in the jambs;
panel above with raised lettering 'OLD BANK / FOUNDED 1792'; segmental pediment
with elements of Sheffield and Rotherham arms in tympanum. Bay 5 has doorway
with architrave and plain panel beneath consoled pediment, lst-floor band
beneath sash with bracketed, moulded sill and architrave. All other bays
recessed and with ground-floor casements having bracketed sills, architraves
and pediments; lst-floor band beneath windows as bay 5. Full entablature
parapet with dies at bay intervals. Corner bay and bays to Wellgate recessed
and in same style except left-hand bay which has pedimented doorway and paired
lst-floor window. Left return of Wellgate front has earlier coursed-stone
walling beneath white-glazed brickwork.
Interior: good original ceiling to banking hall. Manager's office retains
C18 bolection-moulded fireplace and overmantel. An earlier doorway formerly
existed on left return of Wellgate front.
Rotherham Advertiser, Jan 9, 1892 (cutting in Rotherham Library)

Listing NGR: SK4295892830

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26425668

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Recommended Books

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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)