NHER 34426 (Building record) - National Westminster Bank, 23 Hall Quay

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Summary

An early 20th-century bank. Designed by A.S. Hewitt, it is built of brick with a stone façade. Inside there is a very tall banking hall. The height of this room is emphasised by the external façade which is designed in such a way to suggest that there are two storeys inside.

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Location

Map sheet TG50NW
Civil Parish GREAT YARMOUTH, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

Map

June 1990. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description excerpt:
"Bank. 1904-6. By AS Hewitt. Brick with a stone facade. Slate roof. Edwardian Baroque style. The banking hall is of one tall storey with a two-storey facade added for effect, at the first floor only one room deep. One wide window range. The façade has a narrow entrance bay set to the right of a window bay, both defined by rusticated quoins. The window is a Venetian window on granite Ionic columns, with a rusticated arch and garlanded cartouches right and left...At the second floor is a balustrade...Over left bay is a set-back segmental pediment with heavy dentilations. Crenellated pediment.
INTERIOR: banking hall with marble Ionic pilasters supporting a decorative coffered ceiling with plaster devices."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
E.Rose (NLA), 28 April 1999. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 13 March 2022.

  • --- Monograph: Pevsner, N. and Wilson, B. 1997. Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 507.
  • <S1> Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1246967.

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Record last edited

Mar 15 2022 8:03AM

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