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Latitude: 51.3831 / 51°22'59"N
Longitude: 0.5238 / 0°31'25"E
OS Eastings: 575723
OS Northings: 167914
OS Grid: TQ757679
Mapcode National: GBR PPW.77W
Mapcode Global: VHJLV.1H9L
Plus Code: 9F329GMF+6G
Entry Name: National Westminster Bank
Listing Date: 21 November 1996
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1268235
English Heritage Legacy ID: 462093
Also known as: Halifax Bank, Chatham
ID on this website: 101268235
Location: Chatham, Medway, Kent, ME4
County: Medway
Electoral Ward/Division: River
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Chatham
Traditional County: Kent
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent
Church of England Parish: Chatham St Mary and St John
Church of England Diocese: Rochester
Tagged with: Art Deco Bank building
CHATHAM
TQ7567NE HIGH STREET
762-1/4/12 (South West side)
No.148
National Westminster Bank
GV II
Bank. 1903 by W Campbell Jones. Limestone ashlar, ashlar ridge
stacks and tiled roof.
STYLE: Arts and Crafts.
PLAN: 2-room corner site.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys; 3-gable range. Rock-faced ground-floor,
with sill bands to each floor, and steep coped gables with
finials connected by a parapet. Single bay to High Street, 2
to the right return, each with 3 keyed segmental-arched
ground-floor windows with architraves, first-floor flat-headed
windows with segmental-arched labels on brackets, and
second-floor windows divided by small niches with a cornice
with segmental-arched centre. Left-hand 2-storey bay has a
projecting porch with a flat-headed doorway and balustrade.
Curved 1-bay corner recessed; above is an octagonal ogee-domed
lantern with segmental arches to small windows, and
rectangular lights above. Plate-glass sashes.
INTERIOR: altered mid C20 to the ground floor. A well-composed
Arts and Crafts bank which effectively turns the corner site.
(The Building of England: Newman J: West Kent and the Weald:
London: 1976-: 202).
Listing NGR: TQ7572167910
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