Barclays Bank The Old Bank House

CALNE

ST9970 THE STRAND 755-1/5/179 (East side) 08/07/76 Barclays Bank, The Old Bank House (Formerly Listed as: THE STRAND (East side) The Old Bank House (Barclays Bank and Harris's Offices))

GV II

Office. Dated 1901. Squared, coursed limestone, ashlar lateral stacks, slate hipped roof. Jacobean Revival Free style. Single-depth plan with lower S range. 2 storeys; 3-window range. Plinth, cornice and tall parapet; projecting gabled wing has a right-hand entrance with bracketed canopy and curved dwarf wall with ball finials, a round-arched ground-floor window, and 6-light mullion and transom ovolo-moulded first-floor window; escutcheon in the gable dated 1901. Bay flanked by similar first-floor 2-light windows at each end. A large prostyle Ionic porch in the left-hand re-entrant, with a round-arched entrance and steps up to a panelled door. Left-hand return has 3 ground-floor round-arched windows, and 2:4:2 first-floor cross windows, and a small pediment with inscribed panel. Large rear stair light with stained glass. INTERIOR: details include a rear stair with uncut string, moulded rail, square newels and ball finials; panelled doors and round-arched openings.

Listing NGR: ST9977970995