Midland Bank

Midland Bank is a bank building dating from around 1900, located on Commercial Road in Landport, Portsmouth. It is constructed from Portland stone and features a pitched lead roof with stone stacks that have moulded caps on the left and center. The building is designed in a Baroque style and consists of two storeys and an attic with four bays.

The right corner of the building has a full-height bowed inset, which includes a two-leaf door with four moulded panels, flanked by Doric pilasters and an entablature. Above this, on the first floor, is a sash window with a six-pane lower leaf, cornice with console brackets, flanking Ionic pilasters, and an entablature. The frieze features elaborate wreath carvings, and there is a panelled parapet topped with a lead dome.

To the left, there are four articulated bays, each containing a round-headed bank window set within a rusticated face under a round arch with a keystone. These windows are flanked by paired and single Roman Ionic pilasters on projecting pedestals. An entablature with a bracket cornice runs across the top and returns to the right. The first floor has four twelve-pane sash windows, each with an architrave and a cornice with console brackets. A modillion cornice and a coped parapet separate the first floor from four nine-pane attic casements, each framed by pilasters, cornice, and shaped pediments.

The right return of the building is similar and consists of three bays. On the left side, there is a three-storey projection with a two-leaf six-panelled door set in a band rusticated ground floor, complete with an architrave and a bracketed cornice, and a small casement window above. The first and second floors each have a narrow eight-pane sash window, cornice, and coped parapet. The right return also features a similar extension on the right.