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Latitude: 51.4552 / 51°27'18"N
Longitude: -0.9695 / 0°58'10"W
OS Eastings: 471694
OS Northings: 173412
OS Grid: SU716734
Mapcode National: GBR QMF.9T
Mapcode Global: VHDWT.4PSB
Plus Code: 9C3XF24J+35
Entry Name: Former Barclays Bank
Listing Date: 3 March 1977
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1113497
English Heritage Legacy ID: 38980
ID on this website: 101113497
Location: Reading, Berkshire, RG1
County: Reading
Electoral Ward/Division: Abbey
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Reading
Traditional County: Berkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Berkshire
Church of England Parish: Reading St Mary the Virgin
Church of England Diocese: Oxford
Tagged with: Bank building
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 7 June 2022 to update the name and address and to reformat the text to current standards
SU 7173 SE
3/327
KING STREET
Nos 3 to 5 (consec)
(Formerly listed as Nos 3 to 5 (consec) (Barclays Bank))
3.3.77.
II
1836. Architects Henry or Nathaniel Briant (local architects). Clients Joseph and Charles Simmonds and Co. Ornate Italian Palazzo style in Bath stone. Three storeys, five bays, with set back three bays (later circa 1870) to left in matching style. Hipped slate roof with three chimney stacks with blind dreading. Moulded eaves with lions heads supported on carved brackets. Quotas, Victorian scroll string over first floor, moulded cornice over ground floor. Deeply channelled ground floor and plinth. Plate glass sash windows, pilasters and pediments to first floor with flush cast-iron balconies, eared architraves to second floor. Richly ornamented Corinthian doorway to right of left hand wing with scrolled broken pediment flanked by cherubs and linked by carved swag; monogrammed key "J and C S and Co". Panelled door with wrought-iron fanlight and carved panels in concave reveals with carved head keystones.
Listing NGR: SU7169473412
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