1 King Street, Barclays Bank

This building was listed Grade II in 1983 with the following description:
'Includes No 2 Fowler Street. 1909 J H Morton Architect. Ashlar. Three storeys and 7 bays. Quadrant plan linking King Street to Fowler Street. Ground floor heavily rusticated above a high plain plinth. Windows, central entrance and door from Fowler Street have semi-circular hooded openings with scrolled keystones. First floor openings have architraves and alternating triangular and segmental pediments. Continuous cill band and cast iron balconies. Second floor windows have moulded architraves. All crowned by an entablature with modillion cornice and a balustraded parapet. Each end bay broken forward to form a pavilion. Ionic pilasters rising above ground floor support open pediments. The tympanum of each pediment contains a cartouche. A good example of early C20 "Bankers Classical" in South Shields standing in a prominent position.' LISTED GRADE 2