Description

SOUTH STREET
1.
5191
(West Side)
No 49
(National Westminster Bank)
SY 6990 7/294
II GV
2.
1899 or 1900. Ashlar Bath stone. 2 storeys and attics. Continuous moulded
sill courses. Plain band above 1st floor. Heavy modillion eaves cornice with
parapet above. 5 bays, of which 4 outer ones break forward and are crowned
by modillion pediments, with yeux-de- boeuf windows and elaborate sculpted tympana.
Central door with 6 huge fielded panels, semi-circular fanlight, moulded imposts
with egg-and-dart moulding, moulded and blocked voussoirs with triple keystone.
This is flanked by 2 blocked Ionic 3/4 columns, taking pulvinated frieze, dentilled
cornice and broken segmental pediment (which also breaks back in centre) enclosing
a die with moulded cornice and surmounting vase. The 4 ground floor windows
have plate glass, moulded and blocked architraves and triple keystones. Central
one has flat moulded cornice and outer 4 have moulded cornices which break upwards
segmentally in centre. Contemporary iron railings and downpipes at either end.
Nos 49, 50 and 50A form a group.

Listing NGR: SY6923890592

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26683749

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Recommended Books

• 
  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)