Osborne Road, Lloyds Bank

HER Number

13435

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Osborne Road, Lloyds Bank

Place

Jesmond

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

Class

Commercial

Site Type: Broad

Bank (Financial)

Site Type: Specific

Bank (Financial)

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

On the corner of Osborne Road and Acorn Road. Built as a private house around 1893. The bank moved in around 1893 and shared the property with the City Engineer W.G. Laws, until his death in 1904. The left hand bay window became the present door into the bank. Cash machines have replaced the right hand bay window.

Easting

425430

Northing

566500

Grid Reference

NZ425430566500

Sources

Alan Morgan, 2010, Jesmond from mines to mansions, page 84