Description

CHESTER CITY (EM)

SJ4066 FOREGATE STREET
1932-1/6/101 (South side)
28/07/55 No.8
Lloyds Bank

GV II

Bank. 1793-1803. Said to be by Lewis Wyatt, extended to south
1897 by TM Lockwood. Yellow ashlar sandstone to front;
stone-dressed orange-brown brick to St John Street, left; grey
slate roof with lead to hips.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys of 3 bays; almost symmetrical front.
Plinth with 3 stone steps to projecting central bay. 3 curved
apron steps to double 4-panel oak doors under moulded hood on
consoles in left bay; simple wrought-iron railing. the central
bay has 4 Tuscan three-quarter columns with recessed panels
between; stone sill above the panels; substantial 6-pane
central sash; a 3-pane fixed light to each side; the right bay
has a 6-pane horned sash. First floor entablature to central
bay; hood, matching that over doorway, over window to right
bay; a floor-band to each side bay lines with cornice of
central entablature. The first floor has a central 5;15;5 pane
tripartite sash with panelled mullions; pediment. Each
side-bay has a 12-pane recessed sash with no sill and a
recessed panel above. Moulded cornice and 1-course parapet.
The left side has plinth with moulded cap, 2 tripartite 2;2;2
pane sashes with moulded stone sills, panelled mullions and
entablatures to the ground floor; the first floor has 4
recessed 12-pane sashes in shouldered and eared architraves.
The 1897 rear wing is single storey with stone-dressed
openings: a round window, a 3-panel oak door with overlight
and 3 unequal 9-pane sashes. Parapet with moulded stone
coping.
The main block has 2 symmetrically placed stone-capped brick
chimneys; a moulded stone-dressed rear chimney. 3 rear windows
to main block, one a 15-pane unequal sash, the others altered.
INTERIOR: has columns and moulded beams in the banking hall.
(Hemingway J: History of Chester: Chester: 1831-; Chester City
Council and Committee: Improvement Committee Minutes:
17.11.1897).

Listing NGR: SJ4074166336

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26656533

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Recommended Books

• 
  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  For the Record