Description

NEWARK ON TRENT

SK7953NE MARKET PLACE
619-1/8/235 (South East side)
16/08/90 No.30
Midland Bank

GV II

Also known as: No.2 Midland Bank BRIDGE STREET.
Bank. c1895. Ashlar, flat roof. Baroque Revival style, Moulded
plinth, rusticated ground floor and pilasters, first floor and
eaves cornices, balustrade. 2 storeys; 2x3 bays. Hexagonal
corner tower has three 8-pane sashes with friezes, segmental
pedimented Tuscan doorcase, and lead dome with round window
and finial. Right front, to Market Place, has 2 pedimented 12
pane sashes and below, 2 round headed recesses with paired
columns between them,containing C20 windows with railings
below them and bracket keystones. Similar left front, to
Bridge Street, has 3 windows flanked on the ground floor by
single round windows with scrolled surrounds and monograms.
Below the left one, a C20 door with overlight, and below the
right one a small blank window. Banking hall has wooden
panelling, with plaster panels above the cornice. Enriched
cross beam ceiling with scroll brackets and drops. Classical
style panelled counters and screens.

Listing NGR: SK7992753855

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26490956

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  For the Record
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)