Description

This List entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 07/06/2017

SD2878,
626-1/3/90

ULVERSTON,
MARKET STREET (North side),
Lloyds Bank

(Previously listed as: Trustee Savings Bank)

(Formerly Listed as: MARKET STREET (North side) Trustee Savings Bank and County Council Offices)

20/06/72

GV

II

Bank. 1836-1845. By George Webster. Begun in 1836, opened in
1838; clock tower added and actuary's house enlarged 1844;
interior of ground floor altered 1950, and the tower stage
below the dome rebuilt 1956. Limestone blocks, rock-faced on
the ground floor and ashlar above, with slate roof.
2 storeys. Main facade, facing Union Street, symmetrical and
of 3 bays with plinth, storey band, corner pilaster strips on
the 1st floor, plain eaves band, and timber modillion cornice,
The central bay projects forwards under a pediment. The
ground-floor windows have steel casements in recessed
surrounds with panelled aprons. The 1st-floor windows are
glazing-bar sashes with round heads and panelled aprons. The
central window on the 1st floor has 2 narrow round-arched
lights with pilaster reveals. The porch has 2 unfluted Greek
Doric columns in antis. The frieze is inscribed: 'BANK FOR
SAVINGS'. Above the cornice are cast-iron railings with
anthemion and pendant decoration.
The left-hand return wall, facing Market Street, is blind
except for a central bay projecting below a pediment. On the
1st floor there is a 2-light window similar to that in the
centre of the other facade.
Set back to the left of this facade is the lower former
actuary's house, of roughcast with limestone dressings and of
2 storeys and 2 bays with a 1st-floor sill band. The 1st-floor
windows are glazing bar sashes with plain reveals. The
right-hand bay on the ground floor is now occupied by a cash
dispenser, and the left-hand bay contains a doorway with plain
limestone surround, round-arched head with moulded imposts,
and a 6-panel door. The 3 stone steps have cast-iron railings.
Rising behind the main block is the tower, with 2 stages and a
dome above the main eaves level. The lower stage is of
limestone ashlar and has a round-arched window. Above is a
bell stage of render with a round-arched opening flanked by
pilasters; before rebuilding in 1956 this had 2 openings.
Above is a pediment, and a clock face supported on scrolled
brackets inscribed: '1845'. The tower is capped by a
lead-covered onion dome with finial and weather vane.
INTERIOR: not fully inspected. Banking hall altered by the
insertion of partitions and suspended ceilings.
(Taylor A & Haworth J: Websters of Kendal (Exhibition
Catalogue): Kendal: 1973-: ITEM 57).

Listing NGR: SD2874578346

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26560268

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)