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The High Street in Poole, Dorset.
NatWest bank on the High Street of Poole.
Grade II listed building at 151 High Street.
Number 151 and Attached Front Railings, Poole
POOLE
SZ0190NW HIGH STREET
958-1/16/62 (East side)
28/11/88 No.151
and attached front railings
GV II
Includes: No.80 LAGLAND STREET.
House, now bank. c1800, altered mid C20. Flemish bond
brickwork with qauged dressings, vitreous headers to rear and
sides, brick lateral stacks with a left-hand divided flue, and
hipped Welsh slate roof. Late Georgian style. Double-depth
plan.
Tall central range of 3 storeys and basement, 2-window range,
with broad eaves to hipped roof and gauged brick flat arches
over 6/6-pane and upper floor 3/6-pane sashes; similar
ground-floor sashes with glazing bars and radial heads set in
recessed semicircular arches with impost band linked to
similar 3-window range in one-storey elevation to right. One
storey bay to right has steps up to a mid C20 left-hand
doorway with 6-panel door with raised panels, bracketed canopy
and rectangular overlight; left-hand return has a gauged brick
flat arch over horned 10/10-pane sash and a parallel wing with
hipped roof to rear with similar fenestration. INTERIOR
altered.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached wrought-iron front area
railings.
(RCHME: County of Dorset (South East): London: 1970-: 223).
Listing NGR: SZ0129990765
This text is a legacy record and has not been updated since the building was originally listed. Details of the building may have changed in the intervening time. You should not rely on this listing as an accurate description of the building.
Source: English Heritage
Natwest bank used to advertise how "British" they are... avoiding Indian call centres etc etc... now they use staff with distinctly un-British names in their adverts. Interesting how times change...
A building of a former bank in Bennett's Hill, which opened in 1833. It is on the corner of Bennett's Hill and Waterloo Street, in Birmingham.
This is the pub Bennetts in the former National Provincial Bank of England building in Bennett's Hill. It is a monumental Marston's pub. It was an old NatWest Bank, before becoming a pub.
It is Grade II* listed. It was the regional headquarters for the National and Provincial Bank. It was refurbished by Earplace. The upper floors are offices, the ground floor was leased for the long term to Marstons PLC. The property was sold to Nurton Developents in 2007.
Designed by architect John Gibson.
It is 8 Bennetts Hill and 11 Waterloo Street
Bennetts Hill, Birmingham - Earplace
Got this at the wrong time of the day, the sun was directly behind it, hence the brightness of the sky, and darkness of the building.
Includes 8 Bennetts Hill and 11 Waterloo Street. A Grade II* listed building.
A rebuilding in 1869 by John Gibson of the original bank by C R Cockerell of 1855. Stone. Two storeys articulated by giant Corinthian pilasters; 5 bays with the recessed semi-domed entrance on the corner flanked by giant Corinthian columns and another 8 bays on the return in Waterloo Street where the entrances to Nos 11 and 12 Waterloo Street are. Ground floor windows tall, arched and within panels with a guilloche - like ornament. First floor with pairs of windows to each bay. Elaborate eaves cornice. The entrance with coffered ceiling and sculptured panels by S F Lynn, 1869, and, on the skyline, a shield of arms with flanking figures. Banking hall has a richly coffered ceiling and pairs of fluted Corinthian columns down the centre of the hall. Important corner site.
14 April 1979: NatWest Drapers Gardens, 12 Throgmorton Avenue - East Side
Drapers Gardens was an office tower block in the City of London, designed by architect Richard Seifert and complered in 1967. After completion, the building was leased by the National Provincial Bank and continued to be used by the successor National Westminster Bank until the 1990s. It was used as overflow office space for the bank's nearby Head Office at 41 Lothbury and as a contingency site following the IRA bombing in Bishopsgate in 1993. It stood 328 feet tall and had 30 storeys.
It was demolished in 2007. It held the record for the tallest building to be demolished in the UK, surpassing Limebank House which stood 305 feet tall.
As of 2018, it remains the joint-tallest demolished building in the country, alongside the subsequent Southwark Towers, demolished the year after Drapers' Gardens.
The High Street in Poole, Dorset.
NatWest bank on the High Street of Poole.
Grade II listed building at 151 High Street.
Number 151 and Attached Front Railings, Poole
POOLE
SZ0190NW HIGH STREET
958-1/16/62 (East side)
28/11/88 No.151
and attached front railings
GV II
Includes: No.80 LAGLAND STREET.
House, now bank. c1800, altered mid C20. Flemish bond
brickwork with qauged dressings, vitreous headers to rear and
sides, brick lateral stacks with a left-hand divided flue, and
hipped Welsh slate roof. Late Georgian style. Double-depth
plan.
Tall central range of 3 storeys and basement, 2-window range,
with broad eaves to hipped roof and gauged brick flat arches
over 6/6-pane and upper floor 3/6-pane sashes; similar
ground-floor sashes with glazing bars and radial heads set in
recessed semicircular arches with impost band linked to
similar 3-window range in one-storey elevation to right. One
storey bay to right has steps up to a mid C20 left-hand
doorway with 6-panel door with raised panels, bracketed canopy
and rectangular overlight; left-hand return has a gauged brick
flat arch over horned 10/10-pane sash and a parallel wing with
hipped roof to rear with similar fenestration. INTERIOR
altered.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached wrought-iron front area
railings.
(RCHME: County of Dorset (South East): London: 1970-: 223).
Listing NGR: SZ0129990765
This text is a legacy record and has not been updated since the building was originally listed. Details of the building may have changed in the intervening time. You should not rely on this listing as an accurate description of the building.
Source: English Heritage
The building is dated 1899 and was designed by W Hesketh & Co., for the Liverpool Furnishing Company.
As can be seen the ground floor has been altered.
This was when it became a bank which opened sometime between 1915 and 1920, as the United Counties Bank, later taken over by Barclays who closed it in the early 1970s.
National Westminster Bank had moved here by 1975, and it was closed as a branch of NatWest by July 2013.
Another great building which doesn't seem to be Listed.
Australia have threatened to get away, to start a winning streak that will lead them steamrolling into the main event over the last two weeks - but at each turn they've been held back. First the Bangladesh defeat, then Pietersen at Bristol, then rain at Edgbaston (262 was too many for England under lights), then the Banglas again, at Canterbury this time, refusing to roll over and take a drubbing. Now this.
The pattern was the same: Adam Gilchrist and Matthew Hayden smashed it everywhere in the first six overs. Then Hayden mistimed, Gilchrist scooped, the out-of-touch Ricky Ponting scratched, pulled a great six, then was suffocated down the leg side. The run-a-ball merchant Andrew Symonds came in too early, was not happy with the attacking Test-match field settings and couldn't get it off the square. The Aussies just could not pull away.
Then reality appeared to bite hard and brutally. Australia found the energy and rhythm to put England back where all antipodeans think they belong. England 33 for 5 is, they believe, natural order. But this is New England. England dug in with Paul Collingwood and Geraint Jones mustering a rearguard action. The luck was with them from the moment Jones played at his first five balls and only hit one of them. Then the ball landed in gaps, outside edges went for four and that final ball from McGrath dribbled from Ashley Giles's pad in front of middle stump and fetched England the two runs which levelled the game. By this stage, Ricky Ponting was finished.
England no longer give up. From the position they found themselves in, to tie the match was beyond astonishing. Australia are firmly within reach. Both captains thought they should have won the match but it was clear that Michael Vaughan was relieved and Ponting numb. Vaughan: "I do not know what to say - a tie in an Australia-England final at Lord's ... I haven't been involved in a tie before." Ponting: "I feel pretty empty at the moment." Both captains praised Jones and Collingwood. "They didn't do much wrong," explained Ponting. And McGrath did seem genuinely surprised by the competitive edge to this England outfit. "They are playing with a lot more confidence and they are more match aware. When you have won as many games as them, you have an edge."
What does it all mean? In truth, England failed to beat Australia at Lord's. Again. Since 1900 the two teams have met here 33 times in all forms of cricket and England have triumphed on only five occasions. But Steve Harmison and Andrew Flintoff have Australia's batsmen in knots, although England haven't exactly mastered McGrath and Lee (who will surely play in the Tests). At the moment, it is not a case of who will make the most runs but who will do least badly. There has been so much made of bowlers gaining a psychological edge over various batsmen that every batsman has a voodoo against every bowler (the exception being Jason Gillespie who is really struggling for form). It is not pretty to watch.
Something England have done well over this two-year renaissance is fight hard. They did bowl superbly. Harmison was terrifying - quick, straight, ruthless. Flintoff miserly, Simon Jones aggressive and bullish after a mauling from Gilchrist in his opening spell. Giles as tight and tedious as ever. These are the figures that matter for the Ashes. And then there was Geraint Jones in a seemingly hopeless situation.
The personal battles are hotting up as well. Flintoff and Lee - Freddie is ahead in this one. McGrath and Trescothick - McGrath has his number. Hayden and Simon Jones - he had a few words during Jones' brief innings. Actually, Hayden and just about anyone, including the kids who hold the flags as the players run onto the field.
What can you learn from the NatWest Series about the Ashes? In truth, very little. It looks like it may be the tightest Ashes encounter for 18 years but this probably won't materialise. One-day internationals prove nothing, especially when key personnel change so much (see 1997), and there are still three more to come. Any early psychological or actual (in the case of Hayden) blows that were dealt or felt will mean nothing when the Australians pull on that bloody baggy green for the first Test in front of a packed house at their home from home: Lord's.
Edward Craig is deputy editor of The Wisden Cricketer
© Cricinfo
NatWest Bank, 28 Market Place, Barnard Castle, County Durham, c1890.
For the National Provincial Bank.
Detail - vermiculated rustication on the Market Place elevation.
The 2nd contest between England and Pakistan in the NatWest Series was crucial for both teams. England needed a victory to break the string of 7 successive losses that equalled their worst sequence in ODIs from back in 1993. A victory for Pakistan would take them closer to the finals.
In front of packed house at the Lord's, Pakistan defeated England by 2 runs in a nail-biting thriller that dragged on to the last ball. This game too, like the last match, that Australia won over England in the last over, deserves a mention in the list of one-day cricket's most exciting contests.
Picking up the strands midway, after a dismal start, Pakistan did end up with a competitive score of 242. With a superb innings of 81, Yousuf Youhana was the star of Pakistan's innings and was given excellent support by Younis khan (41), Shahid Afridi (30) and Azhar Mahmood (27*).
Pakistan had high hopes of winning this tough encounter but there stood Marcus Trescothick, who almost single handedly caused the delay, thrill and excitement. He opened the innings and almost carried the bat had he been not out in the last over. He played a magnificent innings of 137 with all the intentions of denying Pakistan the great victory.
Had Trescothick not shown the determination to stay at the wicket, Pakistan could have demolished England much earlier and for a much smaller total. He played like a giant and dragged the game to the last ball.
With Saeed Anwar absent due to a family problem, Pakistan opened with Shahid Afridi and Saleem Elahi who departed after scoring 15 leaving Pakistan with a poor start of 28 for 1. Afridi, however, continued with his `hit out - get out' style, hitting a mighty six off Mullally over long on in the 12th over. Trying another one a little later he flicked Andy Caddick to Trescothick at slip after collecting 30 crisp runs.
Bowling a magnificent line, Andy Caddick struck again, shattering Inzamam-ul-Haq's stumps, out for a duck and clinching 2 quick wickets in one over. One cannot help but criticise the way Inzamam left his stumps fully exposed, certainly not expected of a batsman of Inzamam's class especially after his irresponsible performance in the last game against Australia. At 60 for 3 Pakistan was not in a happy position.
The team now depended entirely on Yousuf Youhana and Younis Khan, who did perform to the task thrust on them. With a formidable 80 runs partnership between them they raised Pakistan's score to 140 when Younis made his exit. He skied one to Knight in the covers off Cork after scoring invaluable 41 runs.
Youhana in full command completed his 50 in 89 balls and joined by a resolute Rashid Latif was now trying to speed up the unsatisfactory scoring rate. The spectators were finally entertained to a flurry of shots to the boundary. But, in the process Latif was bowled by Ealham for a useful 23.
With only 7 overs left in the kitty, the effort was to pile up maximum runs. Razzaq, playing a sky-high wild shot to long on, was caught by Gough off Mullally reducing Pakistan to 195 for 6. The 200 of the innings had consumed 44 overs and Pakistan was not anywhere near a commanding position.
Youhana, the chief architect of Pakistan's innings was gradually running short of balls to complete his century. With no choice but slog, he offered a high catch to Owais Shah off Mullally after playing a magnificent innings of 81.
The end in sight, it was now the tail enders' show. With a breezy 27 not out by Azhar Mahmood, Pakistan ended at 242 for 8. The trio of speedsters, Caddick, Gough and Mullally shared 2 wickets each.
It looked as if Pakistan was 20-25 runs short of a competitive total but to its good luck England started dismally. Except for Trescothick, who held on grimly after being dropped at 5 by Youhana, we saw Nick Knight (1), Alec Stewart (4) and Michael Vaughan (0) back in the pavilion with the score board showing only 26.
Extremely tight and tidy bowling by Pakistan put England under such tremendous pressure that they were only able to score 79 in 25 overs.
All of a sudden the game changed. Brakes that the speedsters had applied on the batsmen were released when the spinners came in to bowl. A series of fours and sixes hit both by Trescothick and Shah brought England back into the game. Scoring at the rate of more than 10 runs per over they inflicted heavy punishment on Shoaib Malik and Afridi.
With England collecting 150 runs in 33 overs, the tables were almost turned on Pakistan. While Trescothick hoisted his fabulous 100, Shah also completed his fighting 50. Both of them were in such command of the game, the bowlers almost looked helpless. The fielders who had looked perfect in earlier part of the innings started fumbling and shoulders dropped.
The anti-climax came for England when Owais Shah was run out after a brilliant innings of 62. Ben Hollioake who came in next, was out in a peculiar manner. After dabbing a ball down he went for a run but the ball bounced off the pitch high and came back into the stumps. England was 196 for 4.
The game now took a crucial turn-about again. Except for Trescothick holding one end, a procession started from the other. Ben Hollioake, Dominic Cork and Mark Ealham having departed in quick succession England was down to 206 for 7. It was a cruel battle between bat and the ball.
Trapped lbw by Razzaq, Gough brought England down to 218 for 8. Caddick was now keeping Trescothick company at one end and was the last hope for England. With excitement rising with every act in the field England required 24 runs in 18 balls and then 19 in 12 balls getting closer with every ball. The turning point came when in the last over, Trescothick trying a big hit, was caught at mid-wicket by Shahid Afridi and England down to 137 for 9.
The last pair, Caddick and Mullally needed to score 6 runs in 4 balls to win. A comedy of errors occurred when the tension even got to the umpire who gave England the advantage of a wide ball that had hit the gloves. A heat of the moment decision appealed against by the Pakistan team and even criticized by the commentators. The Pakistan fielders were on a high and continued with their magic of restricting the batsmen from scoring runs.
The game melted down to the last ball with Andy Caddick needing to snatch 3 runs off Saqlain Mushtaq. The option for him was either to hit a six or pierce through the defensive field. In attempting such a shot, he was stumped by Rashid Latif. A nail biting finish that Pakistan won by 2 runs. Waqar, Saqlain and Razzaq shared 2 wickets each.
Originally a branch of the London, County and Westminster Bank built around 1895. The first floor offices were occupied by local renowned criminal lawyer H Maxwell Lewis. This was the location of my first full-time job and where I met my wife in 1978. Happy days! The bank closed in 1985 and the building was demolished in readiness for The Royals construction.
Taken with a Minolta HiMatic G2, Kodak Gold 100.
Seen at the NatWest bank between St Philip's Place and Temple Row, Birmingham.
Hello to fairer banking
I made a panoramic using Windows Live Photo Gallery of two photos of the NatWest Tower on Colmore Row. Seems to work quite well!
It used to be known as National Westminster House. It is now owned by British Land, who want to demolish it and replace it with a new skyscraper.
It was designed by John Madin. Designs first publicised in 1964, first phase of the scheme completed in 1969 (banking hall). Construction of the tower began in 1973. Completed 1974.
Full information here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/103_Colmore_Row
British Land want to develop this site and build a skycraper in it's place (demolishing John Madin's concrete design).
The High Street in Lymington.
Old banks.
NatWest on the left.
Grade II listed
National Westminster Bank, Lymington and Pennington
1.
5235 HIGH STREET
(South Side)
------------
No 38
(National Westminster Bank)
SZ 3295 1/14 22.12.53.
II GV
2.
C18. Red brick with flanking brick pilasters, identical with that between Nos
36 and 37 (qv). Brick parapet and wooden cornice continuous with that of No 37
(qv). Tiled roof. 2 storeys and attic with 2 pedimented dormers. 4 windows,
sashes with glazing bars intact. Doorway with pilasters, pediment and door of
2 moulded panels. Original iron railing to eastern forecourt.
Nos 26 to 34 (consec) Nos 36 to 44 (consec) form a group.
Listing NGR: SZ3254195537
This text is a legacy record and has not been updated since the building was originally listed. Details of the building may have changed in the intervening time. You should not rely on this listing as an accurate description of the building.
Source: English Heritage
Lloyds TSB on the right.
Grade II listed building.
Lloyds Bank, Lymington and Pennington
1.
5235 HIGH STREET
(South Side)
------------
No 39
(Lloyds Bank)
SZ 3295 1/422
II GV
2.
Early C20. Yellow brick with sandstone dressings. Eaves cornice and hipped tiled
roof. Balustraded parapet and rusticated quoins. 2 storeys, 5 windows with moulded
architraves and glazing bars (except to lower half of ground floor windows). Side
consoles to aves and to band above 1st floor. Advanced porch at eastern side with
Tuscan pillars and entablature with cornice and rohitrltves. Rectangular fanlight
above door.
Nos 26 to 34 (consec) Nos 36 to 44 (consec) form a group.
Listing NGR: SZ3243695492
This text is a legacy record and has not been updated since the building was originally listed. Details of the building may have changed in the intervening time. You should not rely on this listing as an accurate description of the building.
Source: English Heritage
A building of a former bank in Bennett's Hill, which opened in 1833. It is on the corner of Bennett's Hill and Waterloo Street, in Birmingham.
This is the pub Bennetts in the former National Provincial Bank of England building in Bennett's Hill. It is a monumental Marston's pub. It was an old NatWest Bank, before becoming a pub.
It is Grade II* listed. It was the regional headquarters for the National and Provincial Bank. It was refurbished by Earplace. The upper floors are offices, the ground floor was leased for the long term to Marstons PLC. The property was sold to Nurton Developents in 2007.
Designed by architect John Gibson.
It is 8 Bennetts Hill and 11 Waterloo Street
Bennetts Hill, Birmingham - Earplace
Includes 8 Bennetts Hill and 11 Waterloo Street. A Grade II* listed building.
A rebuilding in 1869 by John Gibson of the original bank by C R Cockerell of 1855. Stone. Two storeys articulated by giant Corinthian pilasters; 5 bays with the recessed semi-domed entrance on the corner flanked by giant Corinthian columns and another 8 bays on the return in Waterloo Street where the entrances to Nos 11 and 12 Waterloo Street are. Ground floor windows tall, arched and within panels with a guilloche - like ornament. First floor with pairs of windows to each bay. Elaborate eaves cornice. The entrance with coffered ceiling and sculptured panels by S F Lynn, 1869, and, on the skyline, a shield of arms with flanking figures. Banking hall has a richly coffered ceiling and pairs of fluted Corinthian columns down the centre of the hall. Important corner site.
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC, 84 Clifton Street, Lytham, Lancashire, FY8 5EJ
Natwest, 9 Dicconson Terrace, Lytham St Annes
Williams Deacon's Bank is now part of the Royal Bank of Scotland. It was acquired in 1930 and had a large network of branches in the north-west of England. In 1970 it was integrated with Glyn, Mills & Co. and The National Bank (which were part of the same group) to form Williams & Glyn's Bank
Familiarity with the Williams Deacon's name conceals the reality that the dominant institution was the Manchester & Salford Bank. When the latter acquired the former in 1890 it changed its name to the cumbersome Williams Deacon & Manchester & Salford Bank only to shorten it to Williams Deacon's Bank in 1901. The Bank was acquired by the Royal Bank of Scotland in 1931
The Manchester and Salford Banking Company was founded in 1836. Forty years later, Grindon wrote that of the older Manchester joint stock banks, "this one stands alone in never having brought on itself any serious misfortune ... and never slackened in steady and prosperous advance." Once the company was formed, the Bank appointed Williams Deacon as its London agents, thus starting the relationship which was to result in the latter's acquisition.
Despite the Salford in its title, the Bank confined itself to its sole Manchester office until 1862. Salford then became the first branch, followed by Southport and other south Lancashire towns. In 1874, the Bank acquired the business of Heywood Brothers. Benjamin Heywood had left the Liverpool Heywood banking firm in 1778 to open a Manchester bank trading as Benjamin Heywood, Sons, later Heywood Brothers, and the family was one of the best known in the two cities. Local banks in Bolton and Rochdale were acquired soon after the Heywood purchase.
The pace of expansion increased rapidly after 1887. In that year the number of branches was no more than 20 but in the following two years another 26 were added. Even this was eclipsed in 1890 when the Bank acquired the London firm of Williams Deacon. The registered office was moved to Williams Deacon's Birchin Lane office to ensure that the seat on the London Clearing House was protected but the Banks head office remained in Manchester
The first mention of the Bank in the London Directory was in 1771 as Raymond, Williams, Vere, Lowe and Fletcher, though Hilton Price implies that it pre-dated the entry. As partners changed, it went through as many as 14 different names by 1825 when it became Williams, Williams, Burgess & Williams. However, in that year the Bank ceased payments following the collapse of Pole, Thornton and it was reconstituted with different shareholders as Williams, Deacon, Labouchere & Co, before finally becoming Williams Deacon in 1882.
In recognition of the importance of the London acquisition, the Bank's name was changed to Williams Deacon and Manchester and Salford Bank, shortened to Williams Deacon's in 1901. The programme of branch openings continued and these particularly included ones in the London area. Acquisitions were discussed but none reached fruition until the Sheffield & Rotherham Joint Stock Banking Company in 1907. The Sheffield & Rotherham had been formed in 1792, backed by the Walker family iron and steel wealth – "one of the great pioneering families of the Industrial Revolution". The partnership, by then Messrs. Walkers and Stanley, was converted into a joint stock company in 1836. By the time of its acquisition, the Sheffield & Rotherham had its two main offices, six branches and four sub-branches, taking Williams Deacon's up to 102 offices in total.
The major part of the Bank's business remained in Lancashire and the decline in the cotton trade after World War I posed particular problems for the Bank. The cotton industry's reconstruction scheme crystallised bad debts and threatened a reduction in the dividend. The Bank of England arranged for talks between the Bank and the Royal Bank of Scotland in 1929 and the following year Williams Deacon's was duly acquired by the Royal Bank
Wikipedia
Bank, Dixons or Parrs, now National Westminster. 1859-60. By George Williams. Yellow sandstone; roof concealed. EXTERIOR: a symmetrical facade of 3 storeys, correctly composed and detailed. The rusticated first storey has a high pierced plinth between 2 porches with round archways: that to the east, the main entrance, has shaped double 3-panel doors; that to the west, a little narrower, leads by 13 stone steps to the east end of the Row. The upper storeys are set back behind a 4 column Corinthian blank portico; containing 3 tall 2-pane unequal sashes with architraves and pediments on consoles to the second storey, a third storey sillband and three 2-pane sashes in architraves. One window-bay to each side of the portico has similar sashes to each storey, under a straight cornice on consoles to the second storey and with architraves to the third storey. Modillion cornices to pediment and eaves; panelled parapet with vase-balusters; attic course above pediment. The east side to St Werburgh Street is more simply expressed. The first storey has the rusticated east side of the entrance porch, a lateral chimney with a round arch on brackets above a small-pane window at its base and 3 triplets of round-arched small-pane windows with radial-bar fans to the banking hall. The second storey has a floor-string and 8 unevenly-spaced recessed sashes, 3 of 8 panes and 5 of 12 panes, in eared architraves. The third storey has 3 recessed 8-pane sashes and, in the lower northern portion, 5 shorter 9-pane sashes above the 12-pane sashes of the second storey; cornice returned from the Eastgate Street frontage. The northernmost bay, formerly No.3 St Werburgh Street, Westminster Chambers, is probably 1867-8 by John Douglas, designed in conjunction with No.31 Eastgate Street and 25 Eastgate Street Row (qv) in Vernacular Revival style, of red sandstone and timber frame with plaster panels with grey-green slate roof, gable to street. The first storey of sandstone has a 3-light mullioned and transomed leaded casement under a label-mould and a 12-panel door with overlight in Tudor-arched surround with carved spandrels and lable. Stone brackets to timber-framed second storey with close studding and one rail at transom-level of the 6-light mullioned and leaded casement; a small leaded casement at each corner beneath the boldly jettied third storey which has close studding with carved braces and shaped panel-heads and two 3-light leaded casements. The gable, like the third storey, is jettied on 2 shaped brackets; panelled herringbone strutting; moulded bargeboards. The attribution to John Douglas is tentative; he negotiated with Chester City Council to set a building line back in St Werburgh Street in exchange for permission to jetty the verge at the same time that he submitted plans for rebuilding for James Dickson of, probably, No.31 Eastgate Street/25 Row which abutted the yard of No.3 St Werburgh Street. EH Listing
1 Taff Street, Pontypridd. Listed Grade II in 2001.
The branch was closed pernanently on 29th February 2024
This is the Market Square in Wells, Somerset. I wish that I took a proper picture of The Crown in Wells (we went inside). It has a history linked to William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania in the USA. I could crop this picture to get a closer look of it I would guess (thought I didn't get it). It is Grade II listed.
At the bottom is a NatWest bank.
It was here from The Crown Inn that William Penn spoke to the crowd in Market Square, before he headed off to America.
Wells was used as a location in the movie Hot Fuzz starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. I went to Wells around two years after the film came out (so at the cinema Wells meant nothing to me). On rewatching it on TV, I recognised Wells locations.
Natwest everywoman Awards 2012. Hera Finalists. Debra Charles, Novacroft. Janis Sinton, TasteTech. Liz Doogan-Hobbs MBE, Liz Hobbs Group.
Ex London United JJD464D, now with Natwest seeing use for advertising. Seen on Briggate, Leeds. 02/07/15
Views from the Library of Birmingham - Level 7.
NatWest Tower - 103 Colmore Row - the council have rejected the latest demolition proposal. But the site still needs redeveloping.
LONDON, UK. MAY 09, 2019; Adil Rashid, Stuart Broad, Joe Root and Moeen Ali of England pose for a picture at the launch of this years NatWest #NoBoundaries campaign which aims to ensure cricket remains a game for all at the Westway Sports Centre on May 09, 2018 in London, UK. Credit Tom Shaw/NatWest
Seeing as I had a distant shot of the NatWest Tower, I figured that I might as well get some shots of it up and close from Colmore Row.
It used to be known as National Westminster House. It is now owned by British Land, who want to demolish it and replace it with a new skyscraper.
It was designed by John Madin. Designs first publicised in 1964, first phase of the scheme completed in 1969 (banking hall). Construction of the tower began in 1973. Completed 1974.
Full information here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/103_Colmore_Row
British Land want to develop this site and build a skycraper in it's place (demolishing John Madin's concrete design).
On the left is 125 Colmore Row.
A modern office development to replace and improve the corner of Colmore Row adjacent to the Council House. The building is 45 metres tall with 10 storeys and 1 floor of plant. The ground floor has a Starbucks cafe. It was completed in 2002.
Wikimapia - 127 Colmore Row - actually it is no 125 not 127.
Back around the main shopping areas of Norwich, although it was a bit too crowded for me.
NatWest bank in what looks like an old church in Norwich. Clock is missing it's hands.
Is Grade II listed.
At 45-51 London Street.
NatWest - Norwich - British Listed Buildings
Bank. 1924 by F.C.R. Palmer and W.F.C Holden. Stone. Flat roof. Triangular
corner site. Single storey with attic storey in London Street. 5 bays in
London Street, 2 bays plus rounded corner bay and 5 bay later C20 extension in
Bedford Street. 3 bay entry facade:- classical detail with central door has
moulded surround with Keystone and pediment on consoles. Semi-circular steps
up to door. Large sash windows each side of door with moulded surround and hood.
4 composite columns supporting full-width pediment. Attic storey with turned
balustrades and 2 urns. Central domed cupola surmounted by wind-vane. Fine
interior detail with large central roof light.
As a heavy recession hits the capital, the sun sets on London's financial quarter...
The Natwest Tower was the City's first proper skyscraper (not including the Post Office/BT communications tower over in the West End), built by the National-Westminster Bank in the late 1970s to proudly resemble their logo when viewed from above. Opening for business in 1980, it almost wasn't built, such was the objection to tall buildings spoiling the London skyline. Even then, it remained the tallest building in the district for three decades. Now several taller buildings are currently under construction or being planned.
It's now officially been renamed "Tower 42" (an uninspired name that merely reflects the number of floors) following the bank's move to a less glamorous building next to Liverpool Street train station.
The tower is pictured here surrounded by various other financial buildings in the City of London. I thought the lighting on this day was quite apt at a time when banks were seemingly teetering over a financial abyss with economic Armageddon for the country predicted to follow!
Luckily, the sun rose again the next day. I think?
Back around the main shopping areas of Norwich, although it was a bit too crowded for me.
NatWest bank in what looks like an old church in Norwich. Clock is missing it's hands.
Is Grade II listed.
At 45-51 London Street.
NatWest - Norwich - British Listed Buildings
Bank. 1924 by F.C.R. Palmer and W.F.C Holden. Stone. Flat roof. Triangular
corner site. Single storey with attic storey in London Street. 5 bays in
London Street, 2 bays plus rounded corner bay and 5 bay later C20 extension in
Bedford Street. 3 bay entry facade:- classical detail with central door has
moulded surround with Keystone and pediment on consoles. Semi-circular steps
up to door. Large sash windows each side of door with moulded surround and hood.
4 composite columns supporting full-width pediment. Attic storey with turned
balustrades and 2 urns. Central domed cupola surmounted by wind-vane. Fine
interior detail with large central roof light.
The clock without hands.
Piccadilly Circus in London. The famous advertisment displays. That keeps changing.
Had to see it for myself. Looks good.
First glimpses on Shaftesbury Avenue. I knew I had to see the full front of it later (was a protest passing through the circus - some African one).
On Shaftesbury Avenue.
A Natwest bank. Below is Adam's Rib
Crane behind in Piccadilly Circus (or nearby)