Description

ULVERSTON

SD2878 COUNTY SQUARE
626-1/3/12 (South side)
Barclays Bank

GV II

Bank. Built c1902 as the Liverpool Bank. Snecked red sandstone
on a limestone plinth with red sandstone ashlar dressings,
slate roof, and a copper dome. 2 storeys. Built in a Jacobean
style, with an irregular plan on a corner site, with mullioned
and transomed windows and with shaped gables with ball
finials. At eaves level there is a band of carved foliage
decoration. The ground-floor windows have leaded lights in
lozenge patterns. At the corner there is a canted bay window
which rises above eaves level as a domed octagonal turret. To
its right is a doorway with a segmental pediment carried on
granite columns, and farther right a wider gabled bay aligned
with Cavendish Street. To the left of the turret a narrow bay
links it with a wide projecting gabled bay. To its left there
is a projecting chimney breast with a doorway to its right
flanked by pilasters and narrow lights, under a segmental
shell pediment. A gable with mullioned and transomed windows
faces south-east towards County Street.

Listing NGR: SD2865178187

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26655803

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Recommended Books

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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)