List entry Summary
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Name: BANK OF ENGLAND
List entry Number: 1205904
Location
BANK OF ENGLAND, CASTLE STREET
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
| County |
District |
District Type |
Parish |
| Liverpool | Metropolitan Authority | |
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: I
Date first listed: 28-Jun-1952
Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.
Legacy System Information
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Legacy System: LBS
UID: 213839
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List entry Description
Summary of Building
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Reasons for Designation
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History
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Details
SJ 3490 SW CASTLE STREET
(east side)
L2
52/219 Bank of England
28.6.52
G.V. I
Bank building. 1845-8. C.R. Cockerell. Stone. 3 storeys, 3
bays. Engaged giant colonnade, tetrastyle in antis, of an
unorthodox Doric order; rusticated antae. Attic storey with
open pediment containing recessed central window in round-
arched opening, flanked by Ionic columns with entablature
and surmounted by lunette window. Balustrades to all 3
windows. Original 4-panelled doors. Return to Castle
Street of 3 storeys with basement and 7 bays continues the
entablature between 1st and 2nd floors, and also the heavy
bracketed cornice. Its main feature is the 3 great round-
headed recesses to the lower storeys which contain
tripartite windows surmounted by lunettes and heavily
rusticated. Iron balconies to 1st floor windows on both
facades and railings to outer bays at colonnade. Banking
hall is square with tunnel vaulted central aisle and 4 Doric
columns and responds carrying Ionic entablature. One of
Cockerell's richest and most inventive buildings.
Listing NGR: SJ3426290392
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National Grid Reference: SJ 34262 90392
Map
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