53 London Road North

A bank probably built in the 1860s, designed in an Italianate style.

MATERIALS: The building is constructed of gault brick laid in Flemish bond, with limestone dressings. The hipped roof is covered in slate.

EXTERIOR: The principal elevation faces onto London Road North and is three storeys high and three bays wide and has a projecting eaves cornice. The details of the frontage continue round to the first four bays of the north elevation along Surrey Street. The ground floor is rusticated to the springing points of the round arches that surround window openings in each bay, all of which are in-filled with late C20 replacement glazing in addition to an ATM and a doorway. An early C21 fascia board wraps around the building beneath the first-floor plat band. At first floor, there are two-over-two sash windows with chunky Italianate surrounds and cornices supported on consoles. The second-floor fenestration (also two-over-two sashes) has more restrained surrounds and features panelled stone aprons beneath the cills.

The 1980s rear extension is five bays long and continues the floor heights of the principal block, as well as the use of brick and stone.