Description

WHITCHURCH URBAN C.P. SAINT MARY'S STREET
SJ 5441
(south-east side)
8/114 No. 3 (formerlv listed
1.5.51 as West Midlands Savings
Bank)
GV II

Savings Bank, now divided into flats. Dated 1846. Painted sandstone
ashlar, with red brick to rear and sides. Hipped roof with C20 concrete
tiles. In a neo-Classical style. 2 storeys. Moulded plinth, and
interrupted cill string course. Tuscan pilastrade to each floor, that
to ground floor with full entablature and that to first floor with frieze,
moulded cornice and blocking course, and central one-bay triangular
pediment. Integral brick lateral stack to left. 2:1:2 bays with central
break; glazing bar sashes. Central recessed porch with unfluted Ionic
columns in antis, and 3 steps up to pair of half-glazed panelled doors with
rectangular overlight. First-floor frieze inscribed: "INSTITUTED. A.D.
1818" / "BANK FOR SAVINGS" / "ERECTED. A.D. 1846". Deep eaves to sides.

Listing NGR: SJ5421441551

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26473092

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