Lloyds Bank
Lloyds Bank, 27, Fore Street, Chard, TA20 1PP
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Overview
ST3308
756-1/4/75
CHARD
FORE STREET (north side)
No 27, Lloyds Bank
(Formerly listed as Lloyds Bank, FORE STREET)
29/07/76
GV
II
Hotel, now bank. 1849. Bath stone ashlar; slate roof; ashlar stacks. Double-depth plan. Classical style. Three storeys with attic; seven-window range. Late C19 two/two-pane sashes. Ground floor: banded rustication with flat wedged arches to windows and carriage entrance to far left; doorcase has 1980s doors, narrow Corinthian pilasters and moulded cornice under console brackets to balcony with iron railings above. String course at balcony level. First floor has a full-height central tripartite window; other windows, with panelled aprons, are under round-headed recesses with a continuous impost forming part of the cornice to the central window which is supported by reeded consoles. Second floor has a central tripartite window and continuous sill band. Deep moulded cornice under a panelled parapet. Three C20 dormer windows. Long extension, to right of carriageway, of C19 limestone rubble with brick openings, 6/6-pane sashes and three-light casement windows to rear.
INTERIOR: altered.
HISTORY: The Chard Arms hotel completed in June 1829 was rebuilt by public subscription at a cost of about £6000 on the site of the earlier Angel Inn which had burned to the ground in 1827. It finally opened in January 1830 and included a grand assembly room, four reception rooms, and ‘fourteen best and secondary bedrooms…and two W.C’s.’ It can be seen on the ‘Plan of the town of Chard made by John Wood, 1841
Listing NGR: ST3224508622
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1197455
- Date first listed:
- 29-Jul-1976
- List Entry Name:
- Lloyds Bank
- Statutory Address:
- Lloyds Bank, 27, Fore Street, Chard, TA20 1PP
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1197455
- Date first listed:
- 29-Jul-1976
- List Entry Name:
- Lloyds Bank
- Statutory Address 1:
- Lloyds Bank, 27, Fore Street, Chard, TA20 1PP
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Lloyds Bank, 27, Fore Street, Chard, TA20 1PP
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Chard Town
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 32245 08622
Summary
This list entry was subjected to a Minor Enhancement on 18 February 2025 to update the description and add Source
ST3308
756-1/4/75
CHARD
FORE STREET (north side)
No 27, Lloyds Bank
(Formerly listed as Lloyds Bank, FORE STREET)
29/07/76
GV
II
Hotel, now bank. 1849. Bath stone ashlar; slate roof; ashlar stacks. Double-depth plan. Classical style. Three storeys with attic; seven-window range. Late C19 two/two-pane sashes. Ground floor: banded rustication with flat wedged arches to windows and carriage entrance to far left; doorcase has 1980s doors, narrow Corinthian pilasters and moulded cornice under console brackets to balcony with iron railings above. String course at balcony level. First floor has a full-height central tripartite window; other windows, with panelled aprons, are under round-headed recesses with a continuous impost forming part of the cornice to the central window which is supported by reeded consoles. Second floor has a central tripartite window and continuous sill band. Deep moulded cornice under a panelled parapet. Three C20 dormer windows. Long extension, to right of carriageway, of C19 limestone rubble with brick openings, 6/6-pane sashes and three-light casement windows to rear.
INTERIOR: altered.
HISTORY: The Chard Arms hotel completed in June 1829 was rebuilt by public subscription at a cost of about £6000 on the site of the earlier Angel Inn which had burned to the ground in 1827. It finally opened in January 1830 and included a grand assembly room, four reception rooms, and ‘fourteen best and secondary bedrooms…and two W.C’s.’ It can be seen on the ‘Plan of the town of Chard made by John Wood, 1841
Listing NGR: ST3224508622
Details
This list entry was subjected to a Minor Enhancement on 18 February 2025 to update the description and add Source
ST3308
756-1/4/75
CHARD
FORE STREET (north side)
No 27, Lloyds Bank
(Formerly listed as Lloyds Bank, FORE STREET)
29/07/76
GV
II
Hotel, now bank. 1829. Bath stone ashlar; slate roof; ashlar stacks. Double-depth plan. Classical style. Three storeys with attic; seven-window range. Late C19 two/two-pane sashes. Ground floor: banded rustication with flat wedged arches to windows and carriage entrance to far left; doorcase has 1980s doors, narrow Corinthian pilasters and moulded cornice under console brackets to balcony with iron railings above. String course at balcony level. First floor has a full-height central tripartite window; other windows, with panelled aprons, are under round-headed recesses with a continuous impost forming part of the cornice to the central window which is supported by reeded consoles. Second floor has a central tripartite window and continuous sill band. Deep moulded cornice under a panelled parapet. Three C20 dormer windows. Long extension, to right of carriageway, of C19 limestone rubble with brick openings, 6/6-pane sashes and three-light casement windows to rear.
INTERIOR: altered.
HISTORY: The Chard Arms hotel completed in June 1829 was rebuilt by public subscription at a cost of about £6000 on the site of the earlier Angel Inn which had burned to the ground in 1827. It finally opened in January 1830 and included a grand assembly room, four reception rooms, and ‘fourteen best and secondary bedrooms…and two W.C’s.’ It can be seen on the ‘Plan of the town of Chard made by John Wood, 1841
Listing NGR: ST3224508622
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 374103
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: South and West Somerset, (1958), 118
Other
British Newspaper Archive, ‘Exeter and Plymouth Gazette, 1827 and 1877, Sherborne and Yeovil Mercury, 1829 and 1830 accessed via www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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