Old Bank Buildings, Chester Explained

Old Bank Buildings, Chester
Map Width:	220
Coordinates:	53.1907°N -2.8886°W
Location:	Chester, Cheshire, England
Built:	1895
Designation1:	Grade II
Designation1 Date:	10 January 1972
Designation1 Number:	1375795

Old Bank Buildings is row of shops and offices in Foregate Street in Chester.

History

The buildings were designed by T. M. Lockwood and completed in 1895. They are built in brick with applied timber-framing and a tiled roof. The buildings are in three storeys with cellars, and have modern shop fronts in the ground floor. The first floor projects over the pavement and is carried on posts. The top floor and the two gables are jettied with decorative corbels. There is one casement window, the other windows being oriels. On the corner is a timber-framed turret with a cupola. The buildings were initially used by Lloyds Bank^[1] and by Williams Deacon's Bank.^[2]

The buildings became the headquarters of the Cheshire Yeomanry just before the First World War.^[3] The regiment was mobilised at the buildings in August 1914 before being deployed to Egypt^[4] and after the war the buildings were decommissioned and returned to commercial use.

See also

• Grade II listed buildings in Chester (east)

Notes and References

1. Web site: 'Late Georgian and Victorian Chester 1762-1914: The economy, 1871-1914, the limits of reorientation', in A History of the County of Chester: Volume 5 Part 1, the City of Chester: General History and Topography, ed. C P Lewis and A T Thacker . London. 2003. 185–199. 24 December 2017.
2. Web site: Old Pubs. Chester Walls. 24 December 2017.
3. Web site: Chester. The Drill Hall Project. 24 December 2017.
4. Web site: Cheshire Yeomanry (Earl of Chester’s). The Long, Long Trail. 24 December 2017.