New Bank, North Street, Leeds

LS1 · Post by **LS1** » Sun 06 Apr, 2014 6:09 pm

Found this on ebay for sale. Any ideas if this was ever built? Can't seem to find a reference to it or even if it is the Yorkshire Leeds or the one in Kent.The description is:"NEW BANK, NORTH STREET, LEEDS.Edward J. Dodgshun, Architect.'The Building News' May 30th, 1881."

LS1 · Post by **LS1** » Sun 06 Apr, 2014 6:11 pm

this one was on ebay also:"NEW PREMISES, GRACE STREET, LEEDS.For Messrs. D. & I. Eastwood. S.E. Smith & J. Tweedale, Architects.'The Architect' March 25th, 1882."

Post by **mhoulden** » Sun 06 Apr, 2014 6:46 pm

There's some more details at http://archiseek.com/2009/1884-new-bank ... yorkshire/. It's definitely "our" Leeds rather than Leeds Castle, and the original is actually from 1884 rather than 1881. Dodgshun also designed the place currently known as Abtech House on Park Row. The bank itself was built; here it is on the left:(on Leodis at http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?reso ... SPLAY=FULL). This was near the junction of Meanwood Rd and Sheepscar St, or more or less here on Google Maps: http://goo.gl/maps/I4XPX.

LS1 · Post by **LS1** » Sun 06 Apr, 2014 7:24 pm

Looks right, though the Leodis photo is the other side of the road to the google street view image. Golden Cross pub was on the opposite side to Sheepscar Street South.That's three banks then there, the Midland, Yorkshire and this one. Any ideas what happened to the Leeds Skyrac and Morley Bank?

Post by **mhoulden** » Sun 06 Apr, 2014 8:25 pm

I was in a bit of a rush earlier (trying to get out on the bike between rain showers) so I didn't quite get the location right on Google Streetview. Changed to the Meanwood gyratory mean the location has been obliterated, but it's roughly where the white van is on here: http://goo.gl/maps/9Q5NY. It's also labelled clearly on the attached map from 1891. It seems to have existed until the beginning of the 1970s.The bank itself was subsumed into the TSB, and later Lloyds: http://www.lloydsbankinggroup.com/Our-G ... ings-bank/.

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Sun 06 Apr, 2014 8:26 pm

It's an interesting thread and images. This 1891 1:500 map from the Old Maps UK website may show the bank in question on North Street. Note that the Eagle Tavern (as Eagle Hotel) is still there. To the top of the map is part of the buildings that are also still there that had the Midland Bank (not the bank of the thread). Edit immediately after posting. Great minds clearly think alike mhoulden! Extra edit added at about 19:55. Thanks mhouden for the mention of the rain showers which I was not aware of. On looking out I saw one of the best rainbows that I've seen for many years so I've just spent several minutes outside trying to photograph what is left of the rainbow and also a very colourful stormyish cloud scene here in North Leeds.

LS1 · Post by **LS1** » Sun 06 Apr, 2014 8:34 pm

Good reading. Probably to lazy to have looked myself but I was hoping there would be someone who remembered it like that. I only remember the Sheepscar Interchange as it. I would also say mhoulden that the bank was probably a lot further towards the black car rather than the white van. The road now is massively wider than it was originally. Hard to imagine it being anything other than they way it is now.

LS1 · Post by **LS1** » Sun 06 Apr, 2014 9:39 pm

Not the best, but I've tried to do an overlay with Leo's image. You can see the narrowness of the old North Street and the continuation onto Meanwood Road.

simong · Post by **simong** » Mon 07 Apr, 2014 11:13 pm

We've done the Leeds Skyrack and Morley before, it was a trustees' bank (a mutual but a different structure to a building society) and became part of the TSB in the 60s.