Description

STAFFORD

SJ9223SW MARKET SQUARE
590-1/10/62 (North side)
16/01/51 No.4
Stafford Railway Building Society
(Formerly Listed as:
MARKET SQUARE
(North side)
Old William Salt Library & Premises
occ. by Staffs. Exec. Council & HS
Shepherd)

GV II

Formerly known as: Old Bank House MARKET PLACE.
Office. c1840 with addition of c1870. Brick with ashlar
facing; parapeted roof. Classical style.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys, single-window range with later 5-window
range to left. Channelled rustication to ground floor; 1st and
2nd floor have flanking giant Corinthian pilasters and top
frieze and deep cornice. Round-headed entrance to left of
round-headed window, both with archivolt and impost course,
C20 door and casement. 1st floor has window with eared
architrave, consoled cornice with scrolled cresting and
casement, flanking inserted narrow windows; 2nd floor has
square window with shouldered and eared architrave and
small-paned casement. Ground floor has black letter
inscription to spandrel: THE WILLIAM SALT LIBRARY/
ESTABLISHED/1872.
5-bay range has channelled rustication to ground floor with
acanthus frieze and cornice; shallow balcony with balustrading
to 1st floor; top entablature with festoons and balustraded
parapet. Segmental-headed carriage entrance to Bank passage to
left of centre has enriched spandrels and brackets to wider
balcony above; former round-headed entrance to left end has
archivolt and impost course and retains fanlight over C20
infill; right end has 2 round-headed windows with glazing over
fielded panels. 1st floor has windows with friezes and
consoled cornices over 4-pane horned sashes; 2nd floor has
windows with 4-pane horned sashes. Carriageway has scrolled
iron lamp bracket. Rear has 2 gabled brick 2-storey wings.
HISTORY: the William Salt Library was established here in Old
Bank House before its transfer to the present library in
Eastgate street (qv) in 1918.
(Victoria County History of Staffordshire: Greenslade MW: A
History of Stafford (from VCH): London: 1979-: 258).

Listing NGR: SJ9220123349

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26577875

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