61 AND 67, COLMORE ROW B3 (See details for further address information)

COLMORE ROW 1. 5104 City Centre B3 21.1.70 Nos 61 and 67 (odd) - and Nos 63 and 65 (odd) SP 0687 SE 29/7 II GV 2. Circa 1870 and at least in part by H R Yeoville Thomason. Stone, large building of 3 builds. The centrepiece 3 storeys plus basement and attic; 6 bays, the centre 4 advanced and demarcated by giant Corinthian pilasters through first and second floors. Ground floor with banded rustication, 4 windows and the etched entrances left and right set in shallow porches carrying balconies to the lst floor window. First floor with 6 windows, plain in the outer bays but with moulded heads in the inner bays. Second floor window similar, though those of the outer bays are here seen to be within a shallow eared recess that embraces also the first floor windows. In the frieze, 6 small oval attic window. Boldly bracketted cornice to the centre 4 bays and attic pediment above. Left and right of this centrepiece 2 similar wings, as it were, each, 4-storeyed plus basement and 5 bays wide. In both, the ground floor has banded rustication and arched windows; the first floor has a central window with segmental pediment; the second floor has segment-headed windows; the third floor has windows in eared moulded surrounds and a bracketted eaves cornice. Behind the centrepiece, a fine banking hall 9 bays long in the rhythm 2: 5:2 by 5 bays wide. Tall arched bays with Corinthianesque pilasters and 4 Corinthianesque columns carried on corbels; entablature and coved ceiling with coffers and central shallow dome.

Listing NGR: SP0688787062