Description

CAMDEN

TQ2685NW HAMPSTEAD HIGH STREET
798-1/26/749 (North side)
14/05/74 No.28
Barclays Bank

GV II

Parsonage, now bank. Early C19, refronted early C20 for the
London and South-Western Bank. Ashlar stone. 3 storeys and
basements. Double-fronted with 5 windows following the
fenestration arrangement of the original building. Baroque
style. Projecting portico with fluted pilasters, entablature
and broken, scrolled pediment with reclining supporters
carrying a coat of arms extending into a segmental pediment;
stone balls on pedestals at angles. Architraved C20 windows:
1st floor with broken scrolled pediments having central fluted
features with triangular pediments and a continuous stone
balustraded balcony on large brackets which flank the ground
floor windows: 2nd floor with scrolled keystones alternate
with enriched carved panels. Projecting dentil cornice and
balustrade with dies surmounted by urns apart from penultimate
bays with scrolled pediments. INTERIOR: banking hall entirely
refitted in late C20.

Listing NGR: TQ2649885701

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q27086161

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)