Description

SUNDERLAND

NZ3957SE FAWCETT STREET
920-1/18/68 (East side)
10/11/78 No.14
The Midland Bank

GV II

Bank. 1902. By WB Brierley of York for the York City and
County Bank. Grey granite ground floor; ashlar above; slate
roof. 3 storeys, 5x6 windows and narrow canted corner bay. End
and corner bays banded. Intermediate bays have giant attached
Corinthian Order with heavy modillioned cornice to top
entablature which breaks forward at ends and back at corners.
Door, now blocked, on angle below oriel with long brackets.
Ground floor heavy pulvinated banded rustication; windows
deeply recessed below mask corbels of triple keystones.
Similar keys to first-floor windows in pilasters with
entablatures, bracketed pediments, and balustraded balconies.
Second-floor windows have architraves and bracketed sills.
(Corfe T: The Buildings of Sunderland 1814-1914: Newcastle
upon Tyne: 1983-: 21).

Listing NGR: NZ3975857048

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26569107

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings