Bank of Westmorland, Highgate, Kendal, Cumbria UK
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bill&ben
N 54° 19.582 W 002° 44.857
30U E 516413 N 6019863
A plaque giving the brief history of the bank building.
Waymark Code: WMY3AQ
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/12/2018
Views: 3
The plaque reads
“Founded on wealth generated by Kendal's textile trade the bank opened in 1833 and moved to this site in 1835. Designed by Kendal's leading architect, George Webster, the masonry was to be of Kendal Fell limestone, "finished in the finest manner possible". The bank occupied the ground floor, the manager and his family living above. The lion and its pedestal, constructed in London in artificial stone, were completed in 1840.
After sixty years the Bank of Westmorland was absorbed by the London and Midland Bank, then in 1992 by HSBC. It is the oldest purpose-built branch in the HSBC network in England and Wales.”
Type of Historic Marker: Plaque
Historical Marker Issuing Authority: Kendal Civic Society
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