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Goldie87

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This fine grade 2 listed building was built 1900-1902. By S. Perkin Pick, principal architect of Everard & Pick of Leicester, for Pares' Bank. Sculpture was by CJ Allen, and plasterwork by GP Bankart. It had an extension dating from 1950 to the rear, but this was demolished around 2007. It was during later years a natwest, however they moved out many years ago now. Sometime later builders moved in, and the place was briefly in the news when one of the workers got trapped in the vault. After stripping some areas of the bank the company went bust, and the place has stood pretty much untouched since. I was very surprised how huge the place was, with endless rooms, stairways, corridors, and basements. A real shame a load of it had been stripped, but a great explore anyway :) Visited with MD


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Exterior

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Main banking hall today

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Taken from EH website, main banking hall before the builders moved in

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Managers office

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Nice window

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A small section of the vaults, the various doors lay in a heap on the right

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Corridor in upstairs offices

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Office, note thickness of floor!

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All of the offices had nice ceilings, which had been covered over in the past

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Toilets all lined with marble

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MD climbs above the dome

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Rainwater hopper

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Roof
 
That's a helluva nice building with some lovely details remaining. Love the main banking hall.
Before going bust, what were the company converting it into, do you know? It's got great potential, I reckon.
Cheers, Goldie. Fabulous find. :)
 
That's a helluva nice building with some lovely details remaining. Love the main banking hall.
Before going bust, what were the company converting it into, do you know? It's got great potential, I reckon.
Cheers, Goldie. Fabulous find. :)

Not sure what they were going to convert it into actually. There were a lot of plans and papers around from the work, but didn't look at them closely :( Will have to try and find out.
 
nice visit mate looking the pictures mainly the second one with the yellow squared arch
 
I used to go in there a lot because my first husband banked with Natwest. I was always impressed (by the building, not the husband).
 
coolio here are some of mine
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note the zodiac signs in the roof

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the worlds biggest fungus thingy the other side of the wall was even bigger!
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the gold vault
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chubb safes
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in the main entrance

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the steel work holding the dome was amazing
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stained glass
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more on my flickr..
 

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