Description

Dated 1935. John Keppie and Henderson, Architects, Glasgow; reconstruction of earlier premises. 3-storey, asymmetrical 5-bay polished ashlar facade. Extreme south (left) bay at back in line with adjoining Parish Church with secondary entrance in ground floor under 2-light, segmental headed fanlight. Off-centre principal entrance with carved British Linen Bank crest above; canted oriel above rising through 2 storeys with mullioned and transomed 1st floor window, stepped stack in re-entrant angle to left. Near symmetrical 3 bays right of main entrance comprising 3 large ground floor windows (lighting banking hall) with reeded pilaster jambs, moulded architrave under continuous fascia band, 3 transomed 1st floor windows and 3 2nd floor windows with carved flattened ogee heads with decorative bas-relief finials linked by string course. 2- and 4-pane glazing. Irregularly stepped coped parapet masks roof; crowstepped harled gable and gable stack to Miller lane.

Statement of Interest

Former British Linen Bank.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17825238

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Recommended Books

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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)