Ashton Savings Bank Warrington Street/ Old Street

ASHTON SAVINGS BANK, OPENING OF NEW BUILDINGS – Sir Albert K Rollit, chairman of the Statutory Inspection Committee of Trustee Savings Banks, opened at Ashton-under-Lyne yesterday the new buildings of the Ashton Savings Bank. The new bank stands at the corner of Warrington Street and Old Street, and forms a welcome addition to the public buildings of the town. It has been built from designs – selected in competition - prepared by Messrs W H George and Sons, architects, of Ashton-under-Lyne. The builders were Messrs Saxon Brothers of Stalybridge. There is a spacious bank hall, and the provision for transacting the business of the bank includes a commodious room for the actuary and a fine boardroom on the first floor. The total cost is £3,800, and the whole amount has been provided out of the surplus funds of the institution. [Manchester Guardian 2 August 1911 page 8]

Reference    Building News 15 July 1910 page viii - contracts
Reference    British Architect 3 August 1910 Page ix (tenders)
Reference    Manchester Guardian 2 August 1911 page 8 – opening