Lloyd'S Bank

Lloyd's Bank, located at 64 Fore Street, was built around 1730 for John Cooper, a notable clothier. The building features a grand palatial front, although the interior has undergone significant alterations. It has three storeys and a basement, constructed from ashlar stone with a projecting plinth and rusticated angle piers. A moulded string runs along the first floor, topped by an enriched cornice with egg and dart moulding, which has slight breaks in the centre and at the sides. The roof is slate, and there are seven ranges of windows, which are glazing bar sashes with architraves, eared on the second floor.

Four of the second-floor windows are adorned with carved aprons featuring elaborate swag and cartouche decorations, alternating with the pediments of the first-floor windows. The first-floor windows are elongated, with cornices and aprons, and the central and alternate windows are pedimented with carved console brackets. The central triangular pediment has segmental sides and ballustraded aprons. The tall ground floor windows have brackets at the cills and alternating short and long brackets above.

A tall double door with eight panels is centrally located, framed by a rusticated surround and a doorcase supported by engaged Doric columns. The frieze above the door is incised with 'Trowbridge Branch', and it features a cornice and a radiating fanlight. The basement area is blocked, and there is a small single-storey extension to the left, which has draughted ashlar and a moulded architrave at the doorway, topped by a parapet with a finely carved cartouche in the central panel. To the left, there is a wall with a ramped cope and a doorway leading to a path at the rear. The rear of the building has been altered and modernized since the previous listing.

Inside, there is a fine reproduction Adam ceiling and panelling in the main hall, along with two impressive doorcases (at least one of which is a reproduction) featuring broken pediments. The bank counter is designed with panels separated by paired fluted colonettes.

Lloyd's Bank, along with Nos 61 to 64 and the railings to No 64, forms a group. Additionally, No 64 and its railings also form a group with Nos 65 to 74.