93-96 Greendale Road

Architectural Description from National Heritage List Text Entries, © Historic England 2021.

Four hostels for girls, now bank and heritage centre. 1896. By Maxwell and Tuke. Brick with timber-framed canopy to ground floor. First floor has pargetted frieze with strapwork, decorative timbering above with jettied gables. Ground floor has sashed windows with glazing bars, three-light canted bay windows and elliptical-headed windows, originally entrances, one now remains to second bay, with plank door. First floor has three small-paned casements of two lights to each bay. Inserted cash-point in bay window of first bay. Cross-axial and gable-end stack. Returns have bow windows, that to right return with inserted entrance, stacks project with flanking half-canted oriels. Rear has large projections with rear blocks, that to left with hipped roof, that to right mid C20.

Explore a fascinating in-depth report into the history of 93-96 Greendale Road by PSVT’s Project Officer Heather Alcock, available to download here (PDF).