Former National Westminster Bank

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STAFFORD MARKET SQUARE (north side) No. 3 Former National Westminster Bank

[Formerly listed as National Westminster Bank, No.3, MARKET SQUARE (North side)]

GV II

Former bank. c1900. Neo-classical Revival style. Portland stone ashlar with pedimented roof. Right-angle plan.

EXTERIOR: three storeys; symmetrical three-window range. High ground floor has chanelled rustication below entablature with festoons on level with entrance entablature, quoins above with top cornice; applied tetrastyle Corinthian portico to first and second floors, parapet behind with two urns. Entrance in round-headed recess with architrave ending in scrolls flanking key, paired fielded-panel doors; entablature breaking forward over attached columns based on those of the Tower of the Winds has two bronze urns; large fanlight with metal glazing bars and console key over. Ground floor windows have apron panels with flanking consoles, moulded sills and architraves with consoled cornices over 12-pane sashes; first floor windows have architraves, friezes and consoled cornices over 6/9-pane sashes, with central segmental pediment; second floor has square windows with small-paned casements; small round window to pediment.

INTERIOR: banking hall has simple Neo-classical treatment.

Listing NGR: SJ9218923340