Lloyds Bank Devizes branch to close and be stripped of branding

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 19 Oct, 14:02 · Archive

Lloyds Bank's Market Place branch in Devizes is closing on October 21, with permission to remove cash machines and branding.

Lloyds Bank's Market Place branch in Devizes is closing on October 21. Wiltshire Council has approved plans to decommission the Grade II-listed building following the closure, granting listed building consent on October 19.

The bank will remove its external cash machine, filling the resulting opening with stonework designed to match the building's historic frontage. External Lloyds signs and corporate branding will be taken down, and internal cash and deposit machines will also be removed. The night safe and letterplate will remain but be decommissioned. Obscure film is proposed for ground-floor doors and windows as a security measure while the premises are vacant.

The building dates from 1892 and sits within the Devizes Conservation Area. Its ornate frontage features red brickwork, Portland and Bath stone detailing, decorative pilasters, sash windows and a ground-floor colonnade with Tuscan columns. Council planners concluded that removing the modern fixtures would not harm the historic building and could provide a 'modest enhancement' by taking away additions considered out of keeping with its heritage.

How it is being reported

• Town centre bank set to be stripped as closure loomsLloyds Bank has been given permission to strip out its cash machines and remove its branding from a landmark building as the branch prepares to close this week.Wiltshire Times · 19 Oct, 12:45
• Town centre bank set to be stripped as closure loomsLloyds Bank has been given permission to strip out its cash machines and remove its branding from a landmark building as the branch prepares to close this week.Gazette & Herald · 19 Oct, 12:45

In this story: Lloyds Bank · Devizes · Wiltshire Council · Market Place

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