An empty vault.
Butterfield Chambers
The recently closed NatWest bank premises on the corner of High Street and Butterfield Place in Tunstall.
Opened in 1899 by the Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, a company operating from 1829 until 1969 (for much of that time under the name District Bank) until it became National Westminster Bank.
Bank Chambers occupied by Barclays Bank sits beside this building, alongside the local Post Office. The windows above which don't hint at a great level of security for the bank.
The upper floors were at one time occupied by a firm of architects, Hulme Upright and Partners, where I worked in 1978.
An empty vault.
Butterfield Chambers
The recently closed NatWest bank premises on the corner of High Street and Butterfield Place in Tunstall.
Opened in 1899 by the Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, a company operating from 1829 until 1969 (for much of that time under the name District Bank) until it became National Westminster Bank.
Bank Chambers occupied by Barclays Bank sits beside this building, alongside the local Post Office. The windows above which don't hint at a great level of security for the bank.
The upper floors were at one time occupied by a firm of architects, Hulme Upright and Partners, where I worked in 1978.