Midland Bank

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SK 5319 NE 10/60

MARKET PLACE(east side) No 41 (Midland Bank)

II Bank designed by Goddard Paget and Goddard of Leicester, one of nine designed for the Leicetershire Bank, built 1893 (on column), polished pink granite plinth. Portland stone front, Swithland slate roofs. "Mixed Renaissance" manner. Three-storeys, 6 window range, 1-4-1, entrance projections to each side. Main entrance, to left, has shallow distyle porch with part-fluted' columns carrying plaques dated 1829 and 1893. Similar columns appear between the 1st floor windows of the central block and, in pilaster form, flanking the subsidiary entrance to the right, which has a semi-circular window above, flanked by decorative finials. This doorway is now blocked. 1st floor columns carry "Free Ionic" entablature, with finials above. 2nd floor has "Corinthian" order, with shell-headed niches between columns. Parapet of round-headed arches with keystones carried miniature obelisks. Three-light windows to main block, 2-light windows to entrance projections. Ground floor windows have 2 transoms, upper floors one. Lower panes in each case of clear glass, upper ones with decorative leading (except in 5 cases where replaced by modern ventilators). Steep roofs with decorative lead finials, hipped above central block, pyramidal above wings. Interior has been refitted and is not of special architectural interest.

Listing NGR: SK5364019569