Former Midland Bank is a Grade II listed building in the Brighton and Hove local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1999. A Edwardian Bank. 8 related planning applications.

Former Midland Bank

WRENN ID
ruined-glass-bramble
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Brighton and Hove
Country
England
Date first listed
26 August 1999
Type
Bank
Period
Edwardian
Source
Historic England listing

Description

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 13 June 2023 to amend the name and address, and to reformat the text to current standards

TQ3004SW 577-1/38/966

BRIGHTON WESTERN ROAD (South side) No 79-80

(Formerly listed as No.80 Midland Bank)

II

Bank. 1905. Possibly by Thomas Bostock Whinney. Bath stone, roof obscured by parapet.

EXTERIOR: one storey, three-window range and double-fronted. The rusticated front is flanked by rusticated engaged Doric antae with fluted necking; the central entrance is flanked by engaged Doric columns, also fluted. Flat-arched entrance with architrave, fluted frieze and broken segmental pediment on consoles, the tympanum filled with garlands and fronds depending from the ornamental frame of the oval window above. Flat-arched windows to either side with architrave, pulvinated bay-leaf frieze and cornice, the original glazing now missing; frieze of intertwined sprays; entablature; parapet with balustrade between piers.

INTERIOR: no original fittings remain apart from the coffered ceiling decorated with bands of oak leaf ornament.

(Gray AS: Edwardian architecture: a biographical dictionary: London: 1985-: 382).

Listing NGR: TQ3038504387

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