Description

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TQ 1196 SW 10/46
5259

HIGH STREET (North-east side),
Nos 63 and 65

(Formerly listed as Nos 63 and 65 (Lloyd's Bank))

17.6.80

II

1889 bank building, originally Bucks and Oxon Bank. Tall 3 storey brick and terracotta elevation, now painted, with free Gothic detail. Four bay front with gable over centre 2 bays. Ground floor arcade of 4-centred arches with foliate capped pilasters and ornate moulding to 2 centre bay spandrels. Upper floors divided 1-2-1 with pilaster strips at 1st floor. String courses across. 1st floor windows with stilted concave corner heads and ornate hood moulds. 2nd floor windows with moulded flat heads. Festoon panels below. Pointed arch tympanum over centre pair with decorative carving, linked hood moulds and carved panel in spandrel between. Small lunette above. Gable coped with kneelers and finial, paired console brackets and dentil moulding. Over outer bays parapet, cornice on console brackets and large terminal console brackets. Slate roof and moulded brick end wall chimneys.

Listing NGR: TQ1103596448

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26493750

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