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Standard Chartered Bank

A Grade II Listed Building in Nottingham, City of Nottingham

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Latitude: 52.9527 / 52°57'9"N

Longitude: -1.1483 / 1°8'53"W

OS Eastings: 457320

OS Northings: 339814

OS Grid: SK573398

Mapcode National: GBR LPP.JP

Mapcode Global: WHDGZ.B1GR

Plus Code: 9C4WXV32+3M

Entry Name: Standard Chartered Bank

Listing Date: 12 July 1972

Last Amended: 30 November 1995

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1271443

English Heritage Legacy ID: 454768

ID on this website: 101271443

Location: Standard Hill, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG1

County: City of Nottingham

Electoral Ward/Division: Bridge

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Nottingham

Traditional County: Nottinghamshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Nottinghamshire

Church of England Parish: Nottingham St Peter with St James

Church of England Diocese: Southwell and Nottingham

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NOTTINGHAM

SK5739NW BANK PLACE
646-1/20/18 (West side)
12/07/72 Standard Chartered Bank
(Formerly Listed as:
BANK PLACE
Premises occupied by Barclay's Bank)

GV II

Waterworks offices, now bank. 1874. Probably by Thomas
Hawksley. Ashlar, with ashlar dressings. Roof not visible
behind panelled parapet. Italianate style.
Sill and impost bands, intermediate cornice, modillion eaves
cornice. 2 storeys plus basement; 5 x 4 windows. Windows are
mainly wooden framed cross casements. Symmetrical front, to
Bank Place, has round-arched windows with carved tympana and
balustrade panels. Central window has a colonnette and a
balcony on curved brackets. Below, doorcase with panelled
pilasters and steps to recessed double door with overlight.
Flat headed windows, and to right, a renewed double door, then
a wrought-iron gate and overthrow. 3 segment-headed basement
openings.
Left return, to St Peter's Gate, has to right a triple bay
with fenestration identical to the front, and a wrought-iron
railing. To left, a projecting single bay with similar
openings arranged in pairs.
INTERIOR refitted late C20.
Attributed by Pevsner to Arthur Hawksley, but more probably by
Thomas Hawksley, engineer to the water company and designer of
Bestwood pumping station, 1871-74.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Nottinghamshire: London:
1979-: 230, 72 & 448; Bristol Polytechnic Town & Country
Working Paper 28: Douet J: Temples of Steam: Bristol: 1992-:
8-9).


Listing NGR: SK5732039814

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