Description

SJ 87 NW ALDERLEY EDGE C.P. LONDON ROAD
(West Side)

4/56 Barclay's Bank.

II

Bank: dated 1904 by Percy Worthington for the Union Bank. Partly
ashlar buff sandstone, partly red brick. Stone-slate roof and stone
ridge. Jacobean style. 3-storey symmetrical 3-bay front. End bays
have curving bay windows with 5-light mullioned and transomed windows
on the first 2 storeys and a 4-light mullioned and transomed windows
in stone coped and ornately finialled gables. Central semi-circular
headed ovolo-moulded doorcase with company arms and motto under
pediment above. Just below eaves is date and decorative lead
guttering. On corner of West Street is carved stone bracket
supporting clock. West Street front is of 3 storeys with a triple
stuccoed gable each containing a bowed oriel with some blue and cream
terracotta work. Mullioned and transomed windows on ground storey and
mullioned windows on 1st.
Interior: original banking hall now removed.

The upper floor was originally designed to be the manager's flat.

Listing NGR: SJ8434378324

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q58808819

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