New Bank Market Drayton

NEW BANK FOR MARKET DRAYTON - A noble addition to the few buildings in the town boasting any pretensions to architectural beauty has just been made in the erection of a New Bank and premises in Cheshire Street, by the Manchester and Liverpool District Banking Company. The building is a detached block situate on a plot of land bounded on the east side by Bell Lane, on the west by Cheshire Street, on the south by Mrs Hopwood’s property, and on the north by the property of Mr Joseph Loxdale Warren. It is of Gothic character, built of red stone and yellowish brick, and is two storeys high, covered by a high- pitched roof with ornamental finials. Under the eaves is an enriched cornice of bricks; all the windows have stone quoin dressings. The banking hall is 84 feet long by 24 feet wide, and is fitted up with mahogany counters and desks, specially designed to accord with the style of architecture of the building. On the floor level of the bank and attached thereto, are the fireproof strong room, enclosing a safe, a clerk’s room and other conveniences. Between the building and Bell Lane is a garden, terrace and lawn. Messrs Swindells and Little, of Manchester, have been the contractors, and Mr Harrison, clerk of the works; Mr Fox of Market Drayton has done the plumbing, glazing and gas fitting; and Mr Naylor, cabinet maker of Manchester, the bank fittings. The whole of the work has been executed under the superintendence of Messrs Barker and Ellis, of Manchester, the architects. [The Architect Volume 4, 10 September 1870 page 152]

New premises for the Manchester and Liverpool District Banking Company hare just been erected in Cheshire-street, Market Drayton. The building is Gothic in character, substantially built of a red stone and yellowish brick, and is seen from all sides. Great care has been taken by the architects in designing the building to have each front equally good in detail The building is two stories high, covered by a high-pitched slated roof, with ornamental finials. The banking room is 83 feet long by 24 feet wide, the counters and desks being specially designed to accord with the style of architecture of the building. Messrs Swindells & Little, of Manchester, have been the contractors, and Mr Harrison, clerk of the works; Mr. Fox, of Market Drayton, has done the plumbing, glazing, and gas fitting. Messrs Barker & Ellis, of Manchester, are the architects. [Building News 9 September 1870 page 196]

Reference        The Architect Volume 4, 10 September 1870 page 152
Reference        Building News 9 September 1870 page 196