Lloyds Bank, 1-7 Queen Street

Lloyds Bank, located at 1-7 Queen Street, is a two-storey bank originally built for Hammond & Company Canterbury bank between 1895 and 1896, designed by Stenning & Jennings of Canterbury. The building was extended in 1929 for Lloyds Bank, likely by TN Wilson.

The external walls are made of Whitbed Portland ashlar and Hopton Wood stone, with iron glazing bars on the ground-floor windows. Inside, the floors are concrete, supported by iron girders.

The building has a rectangular plan with a canted corner between the two street elevations on Queen Street and High Street. A rear range extends northwards on the west side. The original structure consists of the central five bays on Queen Street, while the 1929 extension added two bays to each end, along with the canted corner and a three-bay return elevation on High Street.

The exterior features a neo-classical palazzo style facing Queen Street, comprising two storeys, a plinth, and eight bays, with a ninth bay forming the canted corner that wraps around to the three-bay return elevation on High Street. The canted corner serves as the main entrance, featuring double-panelled doors made of timber with iron tracery and a semi-circular fanlight above. There is also a single door of similar design at the west end of the Queen Street elevation. The central three bays of this elevation project forward, framed by an open pediment on curved brackets that highlights the original entrance, which matches the design of the other entrance. Above this is a classical pediment supported by Corinthian half-columns. The ground floor is rusticated, featuring round-headed arched windows with a lintel band above. The ground-floor windows include iron glazing bars. The first floor has square-headed sash windows adorned with acanthus tympana above a smaller lintel band. This level is topped with a moulded acanthus frieze, a modillion eaves cornice, and a parapet. The arms of the City of Canterbury and Ramsgate are incorporated into each of the pediments facing Queen Street.