Description

PARISH OF LONG EATON MARKET PLACE
SK 43 SE
4/38 (West Side)
Midland Bank
GV II

Bank. 1891 by A N Bromley, built for the Nottingham Joint Stock
Bank. Red brick with stone and gauged brick dressings on rock
faced stone plinth. Graduated slate roof with stone coped
gables, tall brick gable stacks with pulvinated stone bands and
a central brick ridge stack with triangular pilaster strips to
sides. Central tower with tall pyramidal roof, flanked by
shaped gable to south with ridge and eaves finials, and
terracotta balustrade with stone piers topped by large ball
finials to north. Seven bays and two storeys plus attics.
Central segment headed moulded doorcase with alternating gauged
brick and stone voussoirs, and moulded stone keyblock. C20
doors and fanlight below. To either side of the doorcase rising
from about half way up there are stone pilasters with Ionic
capitals, resting on moulded corbels, which in turn support
large moulded stone brackets for the bay window above. Above
the doorcase is a large moulded stone corbel, also supporting
the bay window, which has a carving to front and date '1891'
inscribed on it. Just below to either side in the spandrels of
the doorcase are two carved shields. To north side of the door
there are three segment headed windows with similar mouldings to
doorcase and also with alternating voussoirs. Each has a plate
glass window, a central moulded keystones and a moulded impost
band. Between the windows there are similar, but taller
pilasters. To south of the door there are two similar but
narrower windows also with pilasters to sides and beyond is a
similar smaller doorcase with two semi-circular headed openings
set in a pedimented, pilastered aedicule, above. Within the
pediment is a shield inscribed 'NJSB'. To top of the floor is a
pulvinated stone frieze with dentilled cornice over, which steps
forward over each pilaster. Above there is a central canted bay
window with mullion and transomed lights and to either side
there is a central 2-light recessed and chamfered mullion and
transomed window flanked by single light transomed windows.
Below is a moulded sill stringcourse and between the windows are
full height pilasters similar to those below. Similar frieze
and cornice above. Southern gable has two adjoining single
light windows in a pilastered stone aedicule with stone shield
to centre of Dutch gable over, inscribed 'Est 1865'. Central
tower has two small richly moulded segment headed single light
windows with pilasters to sides and canted iron railings to
front. Similar frieze and cornice to top. Included for group
value only.

Listing NGR: SK4911833655

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