London City and Midland Bank, Laird Street, Birkenhead

THE LONDON CITY AND MIDLAND BANK IN LAIRD-STREET, BIRKENHEAD. - This building is faced with 2in. sand-faced red rubber bricks (supplied by Thomas Lawrence and Sons, of Bracknell, Berks), and has Cefn stone dressings. The roof is covered with green Westmoreland slates. The contractor was Mr Peter Rothwell, of Conway-street, Birkenhead, and the contract for the structure was about £1,830. The internal fittings were carried out in accordance with the designs of the architects, Messrs Edmund Kirby and Sons, of Cook-street, Liverpool. The dragon on the shield of the front fa9ade is due to the fact that the bank was built for the North and South Wales Bank, which was absorbed by the London City and Midland Bank while the building was in course of erection, and this little explanation is necessary. [Building News 7 April 1911 page 490]

Reference           Building News 7 April 1911 page 490 and illustrations