Description

DURHAM AND FRAMWELLGATE MARKET PLACE
NZ 2742 NW (East side)

9/221 No. 6 (Barclay's Bank)

GV II

Bank. 1887 by A. Waterhouse; extended 1924. Sandstone ashlar; roofs of banded
purple and green slates over left 3 bays, graduated Lakeland slate over right
3 bays, with stone gable copings. Free Gothic style. 4 storeys and 3 bays;
and 3 storeys and 3 bays. Second and fifth bays contain panelled doors and
overlights, the left in Tudor-flower surround, under low-relief panels (BARCLAYS
BANK; and BARCLAYS CHAMBERS on scroll) and dripmoulds. Ground-floor windows
stone-mullioned-and-transomed, of varying numbers of lights from one to 4.
Perpendicular tracery in first-and second-floor windows. 2-storey oriel in
second bay has battlemented parapet. Top storey of left 3 bays has plain
paired cusped lights. Drip strings; floor strings; bracketed shafts from fifth
bay above first floor string. Central bay of each 3 has crow-stepped gable,
that at left with large griffin holding wind-vane flag. Low-relief panels in
gables have monogram at left, date 1924 at right. Top battlemented parapet.

Listing NGR: NZ2742542531

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26608985

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