World Cup flags on Bennetts (National Provincial Bank of England, Bennett’s Hill)
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When I walked up Bennetts Hill, I saw these World Cup flags on Bennetts.
Obvious now that this is a pub, not a bank.
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.
8 Bennetts Hill and 11 Waterloo Street – Heritage Gateway
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