Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, Fountain Place, Burslem

MANCHESTER AND LIVERPOOL DISTRICT BANK, BURSLEM - The business of the District Bank, Burslem, was lately transferred to the new building, which has just been completed, from the designs of Messrs. Barker & Ellis, architects, of Manchester. The building, comprising the bank and manager's house, is of Gothic character, with four frontages substantially built of brick and stone mixed. The main entrance to the bank is at the south-east corner, facing the Market Place, under a projecting moulded stone arch carried on grey granite shafts and surmounted by a stone moulded cornice and perforated parapet. The vestibule to the bank is tiled, and there two sets of glass swing doors to be passed before entering the bank. The banking room is 48 feet 6 inches long and 24 feet wide.  There is a consulting room attached to the banking room, and also clerks' room, and strong room, or safe, 12 feet square. These are all on the same floor level as the bank. The bank occupies the whole of the frontage of the ground floor towards the Market Place. The manager's house is attached to the bank, with principal entrance in Newcastle Street. There is a flight of steps to the house porch, with perforated stone balustrade. The porch, placed in the corner, has a polished red granite shaft and carved capital carrying the moulded stone arches, and stone cornice, and perforated parapet. There are gables to all the fronts, and stone oriel windows carried on corbels, with perforated stone parapets at the top. The house windows have stone jambs, mullions, and square window heads. The building is two storeys high in Newcastle Street and three storeys over the bank. The roofs are high pitched, of slate with tile cresting. The contractors are Messrs Neill and Son, of Manchester. Messrs C. De Bergne and Co., of Manchester, have erected the safe previously described. The total cost is about £9,000. [The Architect 1 July 1871 page 11]

Reference           The Architect 1 July 1871 page 11
Reference            Builder 8 July 1871 page 533  - repeat text