Follow our journey over the coming months as we progress through the restorations of Parrs Bank Building…
1984 – 1985
This is the property at the date of purchase, in the Spring on 1984.
Looking from reception out onto Dane Street.
Notice the tie bar across the window which is looking out over what is now the Marina, also note the ‘secondary glazing’ which is polythene!
We noticed in the documents found in the loft that permission was granted to put in an inside toilet in the 1890’s, this may have been a later modification and has been upgraded since.
This is the River Dane side of the building, notice the gas tower very faintly in the right-hand side of the picture.
Photograph showing the rear of the building, notice the rotten timber gable end supports.
Part of the rear buildings and constructions which were in the car park and demolished as part of the renovations.
These pictures were in the outside buildings that due to their state of construction were lost when the buildings were taken down, which was located in the rear car park of Parrs Bank Buildings (I don’t think these were the work of Banksy!)
These pictures were in the outside buildings that due to their state of construction were lost when the buildings were taken down, which was located in the rear car park of Parrs Bank Buildings (I don’t think these were the work of Banksy!)
These pictures were in the outside buildings that due to their state of construction were lost when the buildings were taken down, which was located in the rear car park of Parrs Bank Buildings (I don’t think these were the work of Banksy!)
These were our second premises which we operated from between 1979 – 1985. These also had to be refurbished and made into a liftable condition.
Demolition started by knocking down the buildings in the rear car park. The brick construction you can see is also about to be demolished. This was the strong room which had a corridor leading into the rear of Parrs Bank Building which was then occupied by the Opticians.
