Old Bank House, Atherstone

Image: © Andrew Abbott Taken: 1 May 2023

Grade II listed. Listing number 1299832. House, attached railings and coach house and stable block; part of row. Dated 1711, but front appears to be entirely of c.1775. Flemish bond brick with rendered dressings and moulded and dentil cornice. Slate roofs; brick ridge stacks. L-plan, with wings on left to rear. 3 storeys; 1-3-1 bays. Centre projects very slightly. Fielded 6-panelled door has fanlight with husk garland, and Doric doorcase of half-columns with fluted capitals, entablature and pediment. Second and fourth bays have break-front tripartite sashes with thin Tuscan half-columns and pilasters. First bay has large rusticated rendered basket arch with flush 6-panelled double doors. Date plaque above is C19/C20. Fifth bay has early C19 alterations, probably for shop or bank premises. Panelled wood pilasters and a continuous entablature enclose a flush 6-panelled door with fanlight set in an overlight, and two 16-pane sashes with reeded wood surround. First floor has sill course. Sashes, 6-pane to second floor, have gauged brick flat arches. Central windows have moulded surrounds, shouldered and with fluted entablature and cornice to first floor. Cast iron railings are partly late C18/early C19. Coach house and stable block to rear is early C19. Flemish bond brick with brick dentil cornice. Slate roof. 2 storeys; 7 bays of varying widths. First bay has plank door with fanlight, second bay has round-arched window, and has loft door with fanlight above. Third, fourth and fifth bays, have large, almost round arches. Third bay has double doors. The others are blank, with a segmental-arched plank door to the fourth bay, and a later opening inserted in the fifth. Narrow sixth bay has round arched opening, with plank door; similar seventh bay is blocked. First floor has rendered blind circular openings. End wall has similar blind opening. Pedimented gable has blind lunette.

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