Barclays Bank Building, Boundary Wall And Gate Piers

SE 22 SW BATLEY MB HICK LANE BATLEY

4/19 Barclays Bank Building, boundary wall and gate piers

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Detached bank building in Free Gothic style. Dated 1877. Ashlar. Steeply pitched gabled slate roof with ashlar roll top copings. Good ashlar stacks with caps. 2 carved finials. Paired moulded brackets to gutter. 3 storeys. 7 bay entrance front, the 3 bays to right breaking forward slightly with gabled roof. Windows to right are archivolted and have engaged colonnettes with richly foliated capitals. Windows to ground floor are square headed, those to lst floor have shallow segmental head, and those to 2nd floor have stilted round arch with pointed hood mould. In gable apex is blind round arched window, flanked by blind recesses, with archivolt of richly carved foliage. To left, windows are square headed with detailing as before. In small gable are 2 round headed windows. Stone entrance porch to left is elaborately carved with 3 engaged columns to each side with capitals of richly carved foliage. Round arch over doorway has inscription WEST RIDING UNION BANK LIMITED. In gable apex of porch is carved diaper work with date 1877. In tympanum is round carved plate with 3 shields, the centre one bearing the Huddersfield coat of arms. The interior has been altered.

Ashlar boundary walls with iron railings which return to building. 5 square, ashlar gate piers with tapering chamfers leading to octagonal pointed cap.

Listing NGR: SE2461324088