Lloyds Bank

Lloyds Bank is a bank building located at 22 Bridge Street in Stratford-upon-Avon, constructed in 1899 by JA Chatwin of Birmingham. The building is made of brick with ashlar facades and features a slate roof, designed in a classical style. It stands three storeys tall and has a five-window range with a canted angle.

The bank has a high plinth and a string course above the ground floor, along with a sill course on the first floor, a frieze and cornice, a second-floor sill course, and a top frieze with a dentilled cornice. The gable is coped and topped with a ball finial on the kneeler. The entrance, which is elliptical-headed and located at the canted angle on the left end, has continuous mouldings and a consoled key above the fanlight, leading to a 20th-century door.

On the ground floor, there is a window situated between piers with channelled rustication and attached Doric columns. The first floor features elliptical-headed windows with moulded transoms and upper mullions, while the second floor has round-headed windows with archivolts and keys, panelled piers, and spandrels, all between pilasters with Corinthian-derived capitals. All windows are fitted with plate glass horned sashes.

The angle of the building includes a canted oriel with ribbed coving at the base, an apron with two tiers of panels featuring scrolly reliefs, elliptical-headed first-floor windows with a strapwork parapet above, and a recessed second-floor bay with round-headed windows. The oriel is topped with an octagonal drum adorned with strapwork panels and a swept tile spire with a lead ball finial.

The left return facing Union Street displays similar architectural details, including channelled rustication on the ground floor and plain windows with 20th-century frames. There is also an entrance with a consoled cornice above a three-panel door on the left end. The right end of the building is recessed and features a forward break on the first and second floors, with an enriched relief panel on the first floor carved with a central beehive and six roundels displaying armorial bearings, including those of Lloyds, London, and other towns. The building is prominently located on an important corner and is included for its group value.