Description

PONTEFRACT MARKET PLACE
SE 4521 NE
(south-east side)
8/32
No 3 (formerly listed as
5.11.68 'No 3 York County Savings
Bank')

GV II

House, now bank. Late C18 with later alterations. Rendered brick with painted stone
dressings and slate roof. 3 storeys , and 3 bays. To left, 2 steps to
semi-circular-headed doorcase with deeply recessed 6-fielded-panel door below
traceried fanlight, leading to staircase to upper floors. Shop to right has 3 C20
semi-circular-headed openings, glazed door to left and 2 plate-glass windows to
right, in C19 surround with Tuscan pilasters between the openings and to ends,
supporting entablature with plain frieze decorated with paterae over the end
pilasters, and moulded cornice with stepped blocking course. First floor has 3
plate-glass sashes and second floor has 3 C20 pivoting windows; all in original
surrounds with architraves and projecting sills. Coved eaves band and fine
modillioned cornice; blocking course over with raised central and end panels.
Steeply pitched roof with C19 brick end stacks with yellow brick quoining.

Listing NGR: SE4566321922

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26587204

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Recommended Books

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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)