The Bank

20522tay · Post by **20522tay** » Tue 17 Apr, 2007 3:35 pm

This building was obviously a bank but which one and how old is it?

TomD · Post by **TomD** » Tue 17 Apr, 2007 8:08 pm

i cant make out the carvings on the top of the building. they could provide you with a pretty good clue

MaidenLUFC · Post by **MaidenLUFC** » Tue 17 Apr, 2007 10:57 pm

It was Lloyds TSB until not long ago....

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Tue 17 Apr, 2007 11:58 pm

And TSB before that!

AliceCake · Post by **AliceCake** » Wed 18 Apr, 2007 10:52 am

This is such an unusual building - i'm always trying to get a good look at the statues but can't tell with my poor eyesight what they are - one looks like a tortoise!

TomD · Post by **TomD** » Wed 18 Apr, 2007 9:18 pm

the top statue looks like the same owl we see gilded in gold on in millenium square. i guess it was something else before it was a tsbedit: just checked on leodis and it was a Midland Bank before that, http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?reso ... 5558719and that is 1915 so god knows what was before that!

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Thu 19 Apr, 2007 9:43 pm

You're right it was the Lloyds TSB and it closed last year. I think the cash machine round the corner is still there though!Who'd bet against it becoming a trendy winebar in the not too distant future?There used to be loads of banks in that corner of town - there was the oddly shaped Yorkshire Bank on the corner next to the Post Office (now an amusement arcade), the National Westminster a bit bit further down (another arcade) and the Midland (then HSBC) on Vicar Lane. There was also another bank / building society opposite the far corner of the Market too.

MaidenLUFC · Post by **MaidenLUFC** » Sat 19 Feb, 2011 7:44 pm

This place has been building work in progress for a good few months now. Does anyone know what's planned for it?

Post by **mhoulden** » Sat 19 Feb, 2011 11:10 pm

Judging by the planning application, another amusement arcade: https://publicaccess.leeds.gov.uk/onlin ... 0FZ00There must be a limit to how many an area can sustain, and there's loads round that bit of Kirkgate. Presumably there must be a demand for them or there wouldn't be any.