Description

TAMWORTH

SK2003NE MARKET STREET 670-1/9/121 (South side) No.22 Halifax Building Society

GV II

Bank, now building society. c1900. Ashlar; parapeted roof. Edwardian Baroque style. Single-storey; 7-bay curved facade. 6 bays form symmetrical composition, with 2-storey bay to right. Channelled rustication, top entablature and balustraded parapet. Entrance to left end has flanking rusticated pilasters, ashlar doorcase with angle pilasters, architrave, frieze and consoled cornice, paired 3-panel doors; 2 small-paned lights over, with pilasters, cornice and shell and foliage cresting; modillioned cornice to top entablature and clock face in cupola above. Corresponding entrance to right is simpler: architrave, pulvinated frieze and pediment, lights have no cresting, cupola has round window. Central bays articulated by paired Tuscan three-quarter columns on plinth, round-headed windows with console-keystones. End bay has flanking rusticated pilasters and small-paned casements. Interior: altered. The building is a good example of the style and is a salient feature of both George Street and Market Street, grouping with the Town Hall, (q.v.). Included for group value.

Listing NGR: SK2074003937

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