Description

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1260 PRINCES STREET

Premises occupied by
National Westminster Bank
TM 1644 NW 1/314

II GV

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A stucco fronted building built in 1901 in a free gothic style reminiscent
of the early gothic rev al. It stands on the corner of King Street and
Princes Street with a high panelled parapet with quatrefoil panels and tall
pointed "gothic" gables to the attic dormers. 5 window range overall, with
2 storeyed 3-light oriel bay windows on the corner and at the south end,
double-hung sashes without glazing bars, in openings framed by slender "gothic"
pillars. Wide panelled bands run between the storeys with pargetted panels
above the windows. The ground storey has large 3-light mullioned and transomed
windows and a splayed corner with an ogee arch. The parapet above the corner
oriel bay is castellated with a dome surmounted by a cupola with spire and
pinnacles.

National Westminster Bank forms a group with the Swan Inn and the
Corn Exchange, King Street.

Listing NGR: TM1621244554

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26289406

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Recommended Books

• 
  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)