Description

BOSTON

TF3244SE MARKET PLACE
716-1/7/115 (West side)
14/02/75 No.51
Lloyds Bank

GV II

Bank. 1864 with minor C20 alterations. Gault brick with ashlar
dressings. Low slate roof behind parapet.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys, 6-bay front with ashlar plinth,
vermiculated ashlar rustication to ground floor, sill bands,
heavy stone cornice, moulded balusters and stone panels to
parapet. Partly external wall stacks with dentilled stone
courses.
To left a doorway with elliptical arched head with heavy
console keystone dated 1864. The stone panel above the door
carved and with inscription 'Bank'. C20 door flanked by
detached columns with foliate capitals, with guilloche, oak
leaf and bay leaf carving around the door.
To right 5 plain sashes with carved keystones. Right-hand
window deepened to take automatic teller. To 1st floor 5 plain
sashes with moulded surrounds on tabs, and with cornices. 5
similar smaller windows to top floor on tabs without cornices.
North front to Paradise Row of 2 storeys and 4 bays, is also
dated 1864
INTERIOR: not inspected.
HISTORY: this bank was built for the local Garfit and
Claypon's bank, when it moved from its original High Street
site in 1864.

Listing NGR: TF3272644146

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26668397

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Recommended Books

• 
  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)