Front Street Laundry, 16 Front Street, Brampton
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Front Street Laundry, 16 Front Street, Brampton
Image: © Jo and Steve Turner Taken: 12 Jun 2023
Grade II Listed former Barclays Bank. Barclays closed this branch on Friday 25th May 2018 because only 81 customers use this branch exclusively for their banking and 68% of customers also use other ways to do their banking. The listing describes this as mid 19th century but I'm unable to find a bank on front street or Martins Bank in my directories up to 1914 (In 1847 no banks listed at all). The Bank of Liverpool and Martins Limited (the ghost name is still almost visible) opened this branch in 1919. In January 1928 it was Martins Bank Limited and became Barclays on 15th December 1969. After the bank moved out it remained empty until 2021 when planning approved conversion to a laundry.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.942152
Longitude
-2.735665