Nottingham and Notts Bank Company - Shepshed, Leicestershire - Converted Bank Buildings on Waymarking.com

Former bank building now in use as a dental surgery in Shepshed.

The Nottingham and Notts Bank Co Ltd (1834-1919) was a past constituent of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group.

"This joint stock bank was established in Nottingham in 1834 as Nottingham & Nottinghamshire Banking Co with a capital of £500,000. The bank traded in Pelham Street under the management of Peter Watt, a Scottish banker. Branches were quickly opened in Mansfield (1834), Loughborough (1834), Newark (1835), Worksop (1836) and Retford (1836). By the 1840s the bank’s London agents were London & Westminster Bank. In 1841 the bank encountered difficulties but survived the crisis with support from key shareholders. A branch was opened at Southwell (1874) and a new head office building constructed in Nottingham in 1881. In 1884 the bank assumed limited liability as Nottingham & Nottinghamshire Banking Co Ltd with a capital of £1.3 million. Expansion continued and by 1911 the bank had almost 30 branches. It was acquired by London, County, Westminster & Parr’s Bank in 1919.

Branches: The bank opened c.39 branches and sub-branches between 1834 and 1919. In 1919 20 branches and 18 sub-branches were operating."

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Later became Nat West bank before its current use.

"dated inside 1904 by A E King of Loughborough. Brick and terracotta, hipped plain tile roof, decorative ridge tiles. Two elaborately moulded stacks on front face of roof. Eclectic, and extravagantly decorated. Two storeys, 5 window range, 1-2-1. Side projections, right hand one, incorporating high enriched bank entrance, beneath octagonal turret with lead capped roof, and miniature lantern and spire. Central block: ground floor windows with central mullions and keystones. Entrance to manager?s house in left hand part of building and replaced by window. 1st floor, cross windows between enriched Ionic columns. Frieze above, with putti representing the 4 seasons. Ceramic tiled entrance. Interior: coved ceiling with very elaborate plasterwork design of dancers, birds and flowers, with 3D figures of Mercury at the corners, carried on scagliola columns. Teak counter with ?Ionic? columns, (and) panelled dado. ?Baroque? doorcases and panelled doors in part which was the manager?s house. Built for the Nottingham and Notts Banking Company."

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Address: No. 3 Bull Ring Shepshed LE12 9PZ Current Use of Building: Charnwood Dental Surgery Year: Not listed Website: Not listed

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