National Westminster Bank

BARROW IN FURNESS

SD1969SE DUKE STREET 708-1/12/62 (North East side) 06/05/76 National Westminster Bank

GV II

Bank. c1874. For the Lancaster Banking Co (plans register). Brick and ashlar sandstone on limestone plinth, graduated slate roof. 3 storeys and attic; 1:4: bays; bay 1 set back and treated differently, its floor levels lower. Bay 1: rusticated ashlar ground floor, brickwork above. Ashlar doorcase with panelled double doors under archivolt with keystone carved spandrels and modillioned pediment. Central recess above has paired windows to 1st and 2nd floor: plain sashes with pilaster mullions impost bands and archivolts. Recess has corbel table beneath eaves cornice. Pierced parapet with end dies; central square-headed dormer with cornice on brackets, ball finials and small pediment raised on panel with carved rose. Mansard roof with coped gable parapet on left. Bays 2-5: limestone plinth to ashlar facade. Sill band, band-rusticated pilasters between ground-floor sashes having recessed, segmentally-arched surrounds with keystones; entablature with Vitruvian scroll, C20 fascia sign beneath the cornice. 1st floor: balustraded aprons and moulded sill band to round-arched sashes in aedicules with carved spandrels and dentilled cornices; 1st-floor cornice forms sill to windows above. 2nd floor: paired windows in recesses between pilasters; round-arched sashes with pilaster mullions, impost string course and archivolts. String course and 4 corbel tables to straight cornice surmounted by balustraded parapet with dies to each bay division. Mansard roof with dormers behind the parapet; ashlar end stacks with offsets and bands. Formed part of planned scheme around Ramsden Square, the focal point of Barrow in Furness town centre. Demolished buildings to right of the bank matched Nos 121 & 123 Duke Street (qv) situated opposite thus giving a formal entrance to Duke Street from Ramsden Square. (Building Plans Register: 1874-: 538 (NO PLANS); Trescatheric B: Dalton in Furness in Old Picture Postcards: Netherlands: 1982-: PL 3).

Listing NGR: SD1964469388