Barclays Bank is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 May 1975. Bank. 7 related planning applications.

Barclays Bank

WRENN ID
fallen-niche-mist
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Country
England
Date first listed
1 May 1975
Type
Bank
Source
Historic England listing

Description

MARKET SQUARE 1. 5125 (South Side) LEIGHTON BUZZARD No 2 (Barclays Bank) SP 9225 1/57

II GV

  1. 1866 by Alfred Watarhouse in Gothic style. Bath stone, Welsh slated roof with 3 dormer windows. 2 storeys and attics. Ground floor has 5 large cusped pointed arches, ventral doorway flanked by windows. The arches rest on moulded responds aid colonnettes with stiff leaf capitals, 1st floor has 5 pairs of rectangular windows, colonnettes dividing each pair. Eaves cornice on brackets decorated with leaf carving. Stone chimney stacks. Built for local bank, Basset & Co (See also The Knolls, Plantation Road, for F Bassett by Norman Shaw).

Nos 2 to 6 (even) form a group with No 50 High Street.

Listing NGR: SP9215425032

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