1-5 Leeming Street — HSBC UK

Designed by Robert Frank Vallance of Vallance & Westwick for the Midland Bank

The HSBC UK bank at 1-5 Leeming Street in 2017

Leeming Street from the Market Place in 1919

Courtesy of D. Hill

Leeming Street from the Market Place with the old bank building on the left, pre 1905

Courtesy of D. Hill

Brief History

1 Leeming Street was first built as Nottingham Joint Stock Bank in 1893 and designed by Robert Frank Vallance, who was apprenticed to Albert Nelson Bromley and later partnered with Louis Alfred Westwick to form Vallance & Westwick.

In 1905 it amalgamated with the London City and Midland Bank and had to expand over the years into the adjoining buildings to accommodate for the growth in business and customers. Its new address became 1-5 Leeming Street.

Number 3 Leeming street was incorporated in 1923 to a design by Whinney, Son & Austen Hall of London,  of which Thomas Bostock Whinney — who was also married to Sydney Margaret Dickens, daughter of Charles Dickens — was a partner. The corner was reconfigured and it was again extended up to number 5 Leeming Street.

It was in the 1950s when the prominent curved corner entrance was installed, while the road was being realigned.

It remained the Midland Bank until it was renamed HSBC in 1999, then later changed its name to HSBC UK in 2015.

Condition

The building is not listed but there are other listed examples of Midland Bank by Whinney, Son & Austen Hall.

The building is in fair condition, if in need of some redecoration. The ground floor aluminium-framed security windows also have a non-original top light configuration.

The building features a striking crest on the Market Place elevation and the aluminium windows are not original but not overly dominant.

Suggested Works

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Current Tenant/Owner

HSBC UK