Lloyds Bank

Lloyds Bank is a building located at 9 Buttermarket in Bury St Edmunds, rebuilt for Robert Carss between 1795 and 1797 on the site of the former premises of Messrs Spink & Carss, drapers and bankers. The structure is made of white brick with Ketton stone dressings and features a slate roof with a cornice and parapet.

The building has three storeys and cellars, with a five-window range that includes 12-pane sash windows set in plain reveals. There is a stone band below the first-storey windows and a deep stone band above them, prominently displaying "LLOYDS BANK LIMITED" in large lettering. The ground floor features three wide, three-light windows with elliptical arched brick openings, the upper parts of which are blocked and decorated with delicate simulated Adam style glazing. There are also two semicircular arched doorways with attractive fanlights, designed in the Adam style.

From 1829 to 1899, the building served as the premises for Oakes, Bevan & Co.'s Bank, and this earlier association is commemorated by a wrought-iron hanging sign attached to the front. The sign, which dates to 1795, is adorned with scroll-work and painted in green and gold, featuring an oak tree at the top and a gilded beehive above the words "LLOYDS BANK LIMITED."

Inside, there are no visible original features apart from the upper flights of the late 18th century to early 19th century staircase at the south end of the building. This staircase has bracketed open strings, stick balusters, and an inlaid ramped handrail. All the stonework for the building, both inside and out, was supplied by the Bury St Edmunds stonemason John de Carle, with details recorded in his account books at the Bury & West Suffolk Record Office.