Description

This List entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 16/02/2017

SJ 8990 NE
1/256

BRIDGE STREET,
No. 15, Former Union Bank

(Formerly listed as: No 15-17)

GV

II

Former bank building. 1900 (date stone). Ashlar front, brick to rear; Welsh slate gable-end roof. Ground-floor banking hall with offices above. Three storeys and attic. Asymmetrical front to Bridge Street with polygonal corner tower corbelled out over main entrance to canted corner, rising to three pedimented gabled clocks linked by short arcades above cornice level, and surmounted by a dome with finial. Rusticated ground floor throughout; rectangular windows to ground and first floor, the sashes replaced, the principal two windows, under concentric recessed arches at second floor level, under a Jacobethan stepped gable. Window bays marked by double pilasters. Right-hand entrance under segmental pediment. Ridge stack and dormer with fancy gable. The bank occupies a key position at the foot of this important Stockport street and groups with other listed buildings.

Listing NGR: SJ8961690596

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26639474

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Recommended Books

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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings