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| Kendal: HSBC | ||
| HSBC | ||
| Midland Bank | ||
| Bank of Westmorland | ||
| Street:- | Highgate | |
| civil parish:- | Kendal (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | bank | |
| coordinates:- | SD51469256 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD5192 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD59 | |
| references:- | Listed Buildings 2010 |
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 BYS71.jpg (taken 7.7.2013)  BYS72.jpg HSBC (taken 7.7.2013) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 38 8) placename:- Bank of Westmorland |
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| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Midland Bank |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "MIDLAND BANK / / HIGHGATE / KENDAL / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75396 / SD5145992566" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Bank. 1834 by George Webster for Bank of Westmorland; lion put in position 1840. Altered internally 1912; railings and steps rebuilt 1923 and 1966. Ashlar on rough-dressed plinth. 1st floor sill band interrupted by pilasters to 3 central bays which carry entablature (with Bank's name) surmounted by life-size sculpture of recumbent lion on plinth with scrolled supporters. Eaves cornice and blocking course. Graduated slate roof with corniced stepped, stone end chimneys. 2 storeys, 5 bays (1:3:1). Central panelled door and rectangular fanlight in pedimented architrave approached by steps, parallel to front, on either side. Sashes with glazing bars. In outer bays, ground-floor sashes have shouldered egyptian architraves; 1st floor sashes have architraves with bracketed cornices." |
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