1901 – Manchester and Liverpool District Banking Co., Tunstall, Staffordshire

“This building has just been erected in a prominent position in the town of Tunstall, for the Manchester and Liverpool District Banking Co., Ltd. The ground floor is devoted to bank purposes, and a manager’s house is arranged on the floors above. The outside elevations arc faced with Hullington stone first-floor high, and with golden-brown terracotta above, including the gables. The roofs ai-e covered with tiles. The banking-room and manager’s room are rather richly fitted up with oak block and mosaic floors. The “walls are lined with teak panelling, and the ceiling richly panelled in plaster. The fittings are made in mahogany. Mr. W. Cooke, of Burslem, was the builder. The whole of the work has been executed under the direction of the architects, Messrs. Wood and Hutchings, of Tunstall and Burslem.