Description

WELLS

ST5445 HIGH STREET
662-1/7/99 (North side)
12/11/53 Nos.24 AND 26
Lloyds Bank

GV II

Bank, with flat over. C19 facade, with ground-floor shop-front
c1880; restored c1990. Bath stone ashlar, with rendering above
ground floor level colourwashed with scribed false joints,
hipped Welsh slate double roof, rendered brick chimney stacks.
Classical style.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys, 6 bays. Ground floor all in ashlar, with
semicircular arched openings to each end, that to left with
6-panelled door under plain fanlight, and on right with heavy
cast-iron gate and overpanel, central doorway with derivative
egg-and-dart moulding, flanked by portico having quasi-Ionic
pilasters on plinth and swan-neck pediment surmounted by
triangular pediment, featuring panels in which is the work
'Bank', then a swag, a blind panel and underneath 'Established
1835'. On either side of doorway are 3 sets of casement
windows separated by quasi-Ionic pilasters, with non-classical
frieze and cornice over.
To first and second floor are sash windows in moulded stone
architraves, 12-pane below and 9-pane above, projecting
cornice, and plain parapet.
INTERIOR: not inspected.

Listing NGR: ST5489645721

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26662958

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Recommended Books

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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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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)