Premises Occupied By National Westminster Bank

1. 1260 PRINCES STREET

Premises occupied by National Westminster Bank TM 1644 NW 1/314

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1. A stucco fronted building built in 1901 in a free gothic style reminiscent of the early gothic rev al. It stands on the corner of King Street and Princes Street with a high panelled parapet with quatrefoil panels and tall pointed "gothic" gables to the attic dormers. 5 window range overall, with 2 storeyed 3-light oriel bay windows on the corner and at the south end, double-hung sashes without glazing bars, in openings framed by slender "gothic" pillars. Wide panelled bands run between the storeys with pargetted panels above the windows. The ground storey has large 3-light mullioned and transomed windows and a splayed corner with an ogee arch. The parapet above the corner oriel bay is castellated with a dome surmounted by a cupola with spire and pinnacles.

National Westminster Bank forms a group with the Swan Inn and the Corn Exchange, King Street.

Listing NGR: TM1621244554