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SU 0061 3a/104

MARKET PLACE (south east side)
No 1 and No 41, ST JOHNS STREET
Former National Westminster Old Bank

(Formerly listed as National Westminster Old Bank, MARKET PLACE, previously listed as National Provincial Bank)

9.4.54.

GV
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Corner site with St John's Street qv and including as part of the same premises No 41 St Johns Street. Two separate buildings.

The one on corner of Market Place is late C18 altered. Three storeys, attic and cellars. Stone and stuccoed ground floor with rusticated and vermiculated quoins and surrounds to windows, on projecting plinth, with moulded string at springing of arches, plain frieze and cornice with stone band over. Brick upper part with stone architrave window surrounds and stone key blocks. Moulded and bracketed stone cornice. Brick parapet with stone coping. Hipped slate roof, mansard. Front to Market Place - three C18 two-light dormers, slate cheeks, five windows to upper floors, no glazing bars to lower second floor sashes and three round headed windows on first floor. On ground floor door to left hand and four windows in arched recesses, no glazing bars, with brackets at springing of arch, and cill breaking into architrave surround. The doors six-panel studded double. Top panels arched. Four segmental headed cellar windows, vermiculated voussoirs and plain grilles. Later one storey extension right hand with six-panel door, architrave surround, cornice and pediment on scroll brackets. Elevation to St John's Street two dormers, three windows (two on second floor no glazing bars) same general design. The ground floor of both fronts altered C19. An old print shows ground floor to Market Place with central door and four windows.

No 41, St John's Street, adjoining corner block is early C19. Three storeys, Bath stone. Rusticated ground floor on projecting plinth. Wide string at first floor level with double stepped blocking course over, supporting two fluted Ionic columns flanking centre bay and outer square piers, all with carved bases and caps, supporting entablature and blocking course with panelled centre block. Slate roof. Three square windows, centre false on second floor, three windows on first floor, recessed sashes glazing bars intact. Two semi-circular headed windows on ground floor and six-panel double door (mahogany) to left hand with plain arched fanlight. Ground floor windows and door in recessed arches with voussoir heads.

All the listed buildings on the south west side, south east side, Market Hall, Market Cross and the Fountain form a group.

The former National Westminster Old Bank forms a very fine group with Nos 23 to 41 (consec) St Johns Street.

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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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