Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
23107
Building Number
22-24
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
31/03/2000
Date of Amendment
31/03/2000
Name of Property
Woolwich Building Society
Address
22-24 Commercial Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Newport
Community
Stow Hill
Town
Locality
Easting
331143
Northing
188026
Street Side
E
Location
On N corner with Austin Friars.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
1892, by E A Lansdowne. Formerly Liberal Club.
Exterior
French Renaissance style. Steeply pitched slate roof, bathstone elevations with dentil cornice, first floor windows with small pediments; pale stone ground floor. Two pedimented dormers to Commercial Street. Dome over corner. Three pedimented dormers to Austin Friars. Three windows to Commercial Street; on ground floor, doorway to L, and 2 windows. Curving corner bay. To Austin Friars, window, blank bay (formerly chimney), 2 windows, then paired windows in end bay with pavilion roof. On ground floor, 2 windows to corner, 4 windows to Austin Friars, then doorway with scrolled brackets to hood.
Interior
Reason for designation
High quality bank building on important corner site.
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