Lloyds Bank

TORQUAY

SX9163 VAUGHAN PARADE 885-1/17/297 (West side) No.1 Lloyds Bank

GV II

Bank. c1900. Fine sandstone ashlar on a local grey rock-faced limestone plinth; roof concealed behind balustraded parapet. PLAN: On an important corner site at the end of Vaughan Parade, facing up Fleet Street. Banking hall to front (Fleet Street) end, offices to rear. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. 3:1:3 bay front, the one-bay corner canted; bays divided by giant Corinthian pilasters with entablature with projecting moulded cornice on brackets with dentil and egg and dart moulding. 3 tripartite windows to banking hall with cornices on consoles and pediments over the centre light, the corner window with segmental pediment. Tripartite pilastered first-floor windows above with sill brackets, side lights of corner window blind. Centre bay of elevation facing Fleet Street broken forward and rusticated; doorcase with stone hood on moulded brackets below segmental pediment. Similar rusticated bay to centre of Vaughan Parade elevation; small windows with moulded architraves to narrow left-hand bay in Vaughan Parade. Palk Street elevation in a similar style. All windows glazed with 2-pane sashes with margin panes. INTERIOR: Banking hall with coffered plaster ceiling. HISTORY: Previously the site of the Torquay Bank, taken over by Lloyds in 1900.

Listing NGR: SX9183063544