Hsbc Bank is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1985. Bank. 10 related planning applications.
Hsbc Bank
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-timber-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 January 1985
- Type
- Bank
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This List entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 14/03/2017
SD 5192 NW, 7/55
KENDAL, HIGHGATE (West side), HSBC Bank
(Formerly listed as Midland Bank)
(Previously listed as No 64, Midland Bank)
G.V.
II
Bank. 1834 by George Webster for Bank of Westmorland; lion put in position 1840. Altered internally 1912; railings and steps rebuilt 1923 and 1966. Ashlar on rough-dressed plinth. 1st-floor sill band interrupted by pilasters to three central bays which carry entablature (with Bank's name) surmounted by life-size sculpture of recumbent lion on plinth with scrolled supporters. Eaves cornice and blocking course. Graduated slate roof with corniced stepped, stone end chimneys. Two storeys, five bays (1:3:1). Central panelled door and rectangular fanlight in pedimented architrave approached by steps, parallel to front, on either side. Sashes with glazing bars. In outer bays, ground-floor sashes have shouldered Egyptian architraves; 1st-floor sashes have architraves with bracketed cornices.
Listing NGR: SD5145992566
Detailed Attributes
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