Description

SJ 3490 SW CASTLE STREET
(west side)
L2

52/223 Nos 20 to 26
28.6.52 (even)
(National
Westminster
Bank)

G.V. II

Bank building. 1899-1902. Norman Shaw. Granite, striped
yellow and grey, with terracotta window dressings, slate
roof. 4 main storeys with mezzanine and attics, 5 bays.
Large round-arched entrance, banded and rusticated with a
cornice/string. The upper floors have small-paned windows
in moulded terracotta architraves (with cornices to first
floor, keystones to top floor). Rich top cornice with
dentils, egg and dart, and modillions. 2 storeys of dormers
on roof, the lower ones with segmental pediments. Large
gable stacks and central axial stack. Fine interior,
circular, with centre round lantern, radiating coffered and
carved panels with painted swags of fruits, rich frieze and
cornice, 8 triple pilasters striped with green marble, oval
medallions etc.

Listing NGR: SJ3419590414

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• National Westminster Bank, Liverpool at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q12063576

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)