Lloyds Bank

Lloyds Bank is a building located at 27 Fore Street in Chard, originally constructed as a hotel in 1829. It is built from Bath stone ashlar with a slate roof and ashlar stacks, featuring a double-depth plan in a classical style. The building stands three storeys high with an attic and has a seven-window range. The late 19th-century windows are two-over-two pane sashes.

On the ground floor, there is banded rustication with flat, wedged arches above the windows and a carriage entrance to the far left. The doorcase features 1980s doors, narrow Corinthian pilasters, and a moulded cornice supported by console brackets, which holds a balcony with iron railings above. A string course runs at the balcony level. The first floor has a full-height central tripartite window, while the other windows, which have panelled aprons, are set under round-headed recesses. These recesses include a continuous impost that forms part of the cornice for the central window, supported by reeded consoles. The second floor features a central tripartite window and a continuous sill band, topped by a deep moulded cornice under a panelled parapet. There are three 20th-century dormer windows.

To the right of the carriageway, there is a long extension built of 19th-century limestone rubble with brick openings, featuring six-over-six pane sashes and three-light casement windows at the rear.

The interior of the building has been altered. Historically, the Chard Arms hotel was completed in June 1829, rebuilt by public subscription at a cost of about £6,000 on the site of the earlier Angel Inn, which was destroyed by fire in 1827. The hotel opened in January 1830 and included a grand assembly room, four reception rooms, fourteen bedrooms, and two W.C.s. It is depicted on the 1841 plan of the town of Chard made by John Wood.