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Kendal: HSBC
HSBC
Midland Bank
Bank of Westmorland
Street:-   Highgate
civil parish:-   Kendal (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bank
coordinates:-   SD51469256
1Km square:-   SD5192
10Km square:-   SD59
references:-   Listed Buildings 2010


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BYS71.jpg (taken 7.7.2013)  
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BYS72.jpg  HSBC
(taken 7.7.2013)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 38 8) 
placename:-  Bank of Westmorland
source data:-   Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Midland Bank
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MIDLAND BANK / / HIGHGATE / KENDAL / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75396 / SD5145992566"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Bank. 1834 by George Webster for Bank of Westmorland; lion put in position 1840. Altered internally 1912; railings and steps rebuilt 1923 and 1966. Ashlar on rough-dressed plinth. 1st floor sill band interrupted by pilasters to 3 central bays which carry entablature (with Bank's name) surmounted by life-size sculpture of recumbent lion on plinth with scrolled supporters. Eaves cornice and blocking course. Graduated slate roof with corniced stepped, stone end chimneys. 2 storeys, 5 bays (1:3:1). Central panelled door and rectangular fanlight in pedimented architrave approached by steps, parallel to front, on either side. Sashes with glazing bars. In outer bays, ground-floor sashes have shouldered egyptian architraves; 1st floor sashes have architraves with bracketed cornices."

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