'Joules' in the former Alliance and Leicester building
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'Joules' in the former Alliance and Leicester building
Image: © Richard Law Taken: 30 Nov 2018
Operated as a branch by the old Alliance & Leicester Building Society when it was Grade II listed https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101270692-alliance-and-leicester-building-society-shrewsbury#.XBZUmdSLTGg in 1995, and subsequently a branch of the Spanish Santander Bank in 2010 (they acquired the Alliance & Leicester in around 2008 when many UK financial institutions were in a parlous state). The building was originally purpose built as offices for the Royal Insurance Company; the name is carved on the stone above the doorway, and dates from 1903. Described as "A dramatic and skilful articulation of this important corner site", it's now a clothing shop.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.707941
Longitude
-2.754503