Lloyds Bank

This List entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 07/06/2017

SD2878, 626-1/3/90

ULVERSTON, MARKET STREET (North side), Lloyds Bank

(Previously listed as: Trustee Savings Bank)

(Formerly Listed as: MARKET STREET (North side) Trustee Savings Bank and County Council Offices)

20/06/72

GV

II

Bank. 1836-1845. By George Webster. Begun in 1836, opened in 1838; clock tower added and actuary's house enlarged 1844; interior of ground floor altered 1950, and the tower stage below the dome rebuilt 1956. Limestone blocks, rock-faced on the ground floor and ashlar above, with slate roof. 2 storeys. Main facade, facing Union Street, symmetrical and of 3 bays with plinth, storey band, corner pilaster strips on the 1st floor, plain eaves band, and timber modillion cornice, The central bay projects forwards under a pediment. The ground-floor windows have steel casements in recessed surrounds with panelled aprons. The 1st-floor windows are glazing-bar sashes with round heads and panelled aprons. The central window on the 1st floor has 2 narrow round-arched lights with pilaster reveals. The porch has 2 unfluted Greek Doric columns in antis. The frieze is inscribed: 'BANK FOR SAVINGS'. Above the cornice are cast-iron railings with anthemion and pendant decoration. The left-hand return wall, facing Market Street, is blind except for a central bay projecting below a pediment. On the 1st floor there is a 2-light window similar to that in the centre of the other facade. Set back to the left of this facade is the lower former actuary's house, of roughcast with limestone dressings and of 2 storeys and 2 bays with a 1st-floor sill band. The 1st-floor windows are glazing bar sashes with plain reveals. The right-hand bay on the ground floor is now occupied by a cash dispenser, and the left-hand bay contains a doorway with plain limestone surround, round-arched head with moulded imposts, and a 6-panel door. The 3 stone steps have cast-iron railings. Rising behind the main block is the tower, with 2 stages and a dome above the main eaves level. The lower stage is of limestone ashlar and has a round-arched window. Above is a bell stage of render with a round-arched opening flanked by pilasters; before rebuilding in 1956 this had 2 openings. Above is a pediment, and a clock face supported on scrolled brackets inscribed: '1845'. The tower is capped by a lead-covered onion dome with finial and weather vane. INTERIOR: not fully inspected. Banking hall altered by the insertion of partitions and suspended ceilings. (Taylor A & Haworth J: Websters of Kendal (Exhibition Catalogue): Kendal: 1973-: ITEM 57).

Listing NGR: SD2874578346