Halifax Building Society is a Grade II listed building in the Portsmouth local planning authority area, England. Building society. 1 related planning application.

Halifax Building Society

WRENN ID
twisted-cinder-dale
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Portsmouth
Country
England
Type
Building society
Source
Historic England listing

Description

PORTSMOUTH

SU6400SW COMMERCIAL ROAD, Landport 774-1/21/260 (West side) 25/09/72 No.105 Halifax Building Society

II

Building society. c1900-20. Portland stone and granite. Roof concealed. Baroque style. 3 storeys, 5 bays. Polished granite ground floor articulated by horizontal rusticated piers. To left and to right is an 8-panelled door with flanking banded pilasters, heavy brackets support cornice and bowed stone parapet. At centre are 3 large recessed casements, frieze and cornice run across. First floor has 5 recessed sashes with architrave and keystone; alternate scrolled open and triangular pediments, set within heavy horizontal banded rustication with egg-and-dart band at window heads. On second floor outer bays only are rusticated with flanking Doric pilasters, centre bay has flanking Doric attached columns; 5 sashes, centre 3 are each framed by Doric columns, frieze and cornice; outer sashes each set in Gibbs surround with keystone and cornice. Entablature with modillion cornice and parapet with balusters divided by piers. INTERIOR not inspected.

Listing NGR: SU6417200284

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