Description

MACCLESFIELD

SJ9173NE BRUNSWICK STREET
886-1/10/13 (North side)
14/02/91 Former District Bank with entrance
gate piers to rear

GV II

Former bank, unoccupied at time of survey. Dated 1881. For the
Manchester and Liverpool District Banking Company. Coursed
rubble to principal elevations, brick elsewhere, with
sandstone dressings. Welsh slate roof. Main corner block with
rear wing, 2 storeys throughout.
4-window range to Jordangate, 3 to Brunswick Street, with
canted entrance bay between. Regular fenestration throughout.
Coped gables; quoining; moulded cornice; plain cornice band
broken by keystones to stilted segmented heads of 1st-floor
windows; plain sill band and moulded 1st-floor cornice.
Similar windows to ground floor slightly recessed behind
rusticated pilasters. Horned 2-pane sashes throughout. Richly
moulded round-headed arched doorway with fanlight over; raised
panel double doors. Entrance bay with elaborate parapet
bearing name of banking company and the date. Rear wing more
simply treated but with stone window and door surrounds. Brick
stacks to ridges, with stone banding; one stack retains
original pots. INTERIOR modest.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: low wall and rusticated gate piers with
shaped caps define the Brunswick Street side of the rear yard.

Listing NGR: SJ9173073840

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26569168

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