Description

SE 22 SW BATLEY MB HICK LANE
BATLEY

4/19 Barclays Bank Building,
boundary wall and gate piers

II

Detached bank building in Free Gothic style. Dated 1877. Ashlar.
Steeply pitched gabled slate roof with ashlar roll top copings. Good
ashlar stacks with caps. 2 carved finials. Paired moulded brackets
to gutter. 3 storeys. 7 bay entrance front, the 3 bays to right
breaking forward slightly with gabled roof. Windows to right are
archivolted and have engaged colonnettes with richly foliated capitals.
Windows to ground floor are square headed, those to lst floor have
shallow segmental head, and those to 2nd floor have stilted round
arch with pointed hood mould. In gable apex is blind round arched
window, flanked by blind recesses, with archivolt of richly carved
foliage. To left, windows are square headed with detailing as
before. In small gable are 2 round headed windows. Stone entrance
porch to left is elaborately carved with 3 engaged columns to each side
with capitals of richly carved foliage. Round arch over doorway has
inscription WEST RIDING UNION BANK LIMITED. In gable apex of porch
is carved diaper work with date 1877. In tympanum is round carved
plate with 3 shields, the centre one bearing the Huddersfield coat of
arms. The interior has been altered.

Ashlar boundary walls with iron railings which return to building.
5 square, ashlar gate piers with tapering chamfers leading to
octagonal pointed cap.

Listing NGR: SE2461324088

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26600143

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)