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Latitude: 51.5878 / 51°35'16"N
Longitude: -2.997 / 2°59'49"W
OS Eastings: 331023
OS Northings: 188135
OS Grid: ST310881
Mapcode National: GBR J5.C4WC
Mapcode Global: VH7BD.0CG3
Plus Code: 9C3VH2Q3+45
Entry Name: HSBC (formerly Midland Bank)
Listing Date: 31 March 2000
Last Amended: 31 March 2000
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 23132
Building Class: Commercial
ID on this website: 300023132
Late C19 bank.
Bank in Northern European Renaissance style. Three storeys plus attic. Pale brown ashlar on grey plinth; slate roofs; stone chimneys. Two bays to Stow Hill (L), 5 to Bridge Street. Second floor has 3-light mullion and transom windows; first floor has similar windows with pediments; on ground floor, 3-light mullion and transom windows enclosed in arches with keystones. Attics alternate dormers with wooden gables and dormers in stone with flanking volutes and swan-necked pediments. Entrance in splayed corner with turret which has polygonal lantern supported on square base with clock, and pediment to each face. Two storey oriel window on upper floors; doorway with segmental pediment with cartouche.
In Bridge Street, a further lower block in red brick with extensive bathstone dressings. Three storeys, three windows, upper floors with central narrow window flanked by splayed bay windows; on ground floor, doorway to R, simple mullioned windows to L.
Good late C19 bank on key site in town centre.
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