Description

MANSFIELD

SK5361 MARKET PLACE
924-1/5/57 No.1
22/10/92

GV II

Former bank. Late C19, with mid C20 alterations. Ashlar, with
granite plinth and doorcase, ashlar dressings and slate
mansard roof. Single ridge and 2 gable stacks, all coped and
with cornices. Baroque Revival style. Plinth, quoins,
dentillated main cornice, secondary cornice, balustrade with
volutes. 3 storeys plus attics; 5 x 4 bays. Corner site with
angled corner entrance bay.
Entrance bay, topped with a lead dome and stone finial, has a
doorcase with dentillated cornice and heavily rusticated Doric
columns, containing a cross panelled double door. Above, a
round-arched recess with hood on pilasters, and above it, a
plain sash with bracketed sill and scroll keystone. Above
again, a round-arched window with panelled surround and
keystone.
Left front, to Church Street, has the lower 2 floors
articulated by Doric half-columns on tall rusticated
pedestals. 5 plain sashes with moulded surrounds and
keyblocks, and aprons with festoons. Ground floor has
round-arched single-pane windows with fanlights, rusticated
voussoirs and scroll keystones. Second floor has 5 plain
sashes with small cornices, divided by panelled pilasters.
Attic has 4 shouldered round-headed dormers with 2-light
glazing bar casements.
Right front, to Market Place, has 3 bays of the same design,
with 2 dormers to the attic. To right, a slightly projecting
entrance bay with a recessed doorway under a scroll keystone.
Above it, a semicircular window with rusticated voussoirs.
Above, a plain sash with keyblock and apron, under a
triangular pediment. Above again, a plain sash with moulded
surround and segmental pediment, under a stepped parapet.

Listing NGR: SK5387961083

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