Description

SHEFFIELD

SK3587SE GEORGE STREET
784-1/25/350 (West side)
21/11/74 No.16
(Formerly Listed as:
GEORGE STREET
Premises occupied by the National
Westminster Bank)

GV II

House, later bank. Mid C18, with mid C19 and early C20
alterations and additions. Brick and ashlar, with painted
ashlar dressings. Roof not visible. 4 side wall and single
ridge brick stacks, all coped.
EXTERIOR: central block, 4 storeys; 4 window range. String
course, modillion cornice, moulded eaves. First floor has four
12 pane windows with moulded surrounds and cornices. Second
floor has four 12 pane sashes with moulded surrounds. Third
floor has 9 pane sashes with similar surrounds. Ground floor
has a projecting single storey ashlar addition with plinth,
rebated round corners and quoins, dentilled cornice and
parapet. 3 round-arched single pane windows with fanlights,
keystones and impost bands.
To right, a mid C19 addition, 3 storeys; 2 window range.
String courses, sillbands, coped parapet. Two 8 pane sashes
with brick flat arches and above, 2 plain sashes with recessed
panels below. Projecting ashlar entrance with dentilled
cornice and balustrade. Frieze inscribed "Sheffield Banking
Co. Ltd.". Steps to central doorway with granite columns on
traceried ashlar pedestals, with rusticated surround. Double
sliding glazed doors with sidelights and lattice overlights.
To right, a round-arched doorway with overlight.
To left, a mid C19 block. 2 storeys; 2 window range. String
course and coped parapet. 2 plain sashes with brick flat
arches. Ground floor has 2 round-arched windows, a
continuation of the range to left.
To left, an early C20 block. Single storey; 4 window range.
Granite plinth, quoins, alternating scrolled and gabled
pediments. 4 single pane round-headed windows with fanlights
and heavily rusticated openings. 2 segment-headed basement
openings with keystones.
INTERIOR has 2 storey banking hall with pilastered walls, with
Doric arcades on 3 sides, with granite columns. Dentilled
cornice and cross beam ceiling. 2 Renaissance Revival style
stone fireplaces. Single storey addition has similar design.

Listing NGR: SK3553287390

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26546500

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Recommended Books

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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas