Building record TQ 55 SW 386 - 67, High Street, Sevenoaks

This imposing three storey structure, double-fronted with projecting bays capped by triangular gables at roof level, was purpose built as a bank in the late 19th century by Frederic Chancellor in the Queen Anne style adapted for commercial premises. At ground floor, there are double moulded panelled entrance doors, with fanlight over, on the right hand side, and four bays, two wide two narrow, divided by square brick pilasters with stone capitals and bases with four- and two-pane windows in each. Pilasters and aprons to windows, supported by red marble plinths. At first floor, two projecting bays each with two twenty-pane sash windows set in moulded terracotta architrave surrounds, under a terracotta dentilled cornice string course. The second floor is similar to the first, but with sixteen-pane sashes, and recessed panels below windows and at each side of the elevation. There is a strong projecting cornice with decorated entablature above the windows. The roof is steeply pitched in grey slate, with finials at each end, over moulded cornices and circular moulded timber windows to each roof gable. The building is occupied by National Westminster Bank. (1)

<1> Sevenoaks District Council, Sevenoaks District Council Local List of Heritage Assets (Index). SKE53505.