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Title*

Architectural Decoration on Lloyds Bank
County Norfolk   District Council King's Lynn 
Civil Parish or equivalent King's Lynn  Town/Village* King's Lynn 
Road Tuesday Market 
Precise Location No. 1 Lloyds Bank 
OS Grid Ref TF616203  Postcode PE30 
Previous location(s)  
Setting On Building  Access Public 
Artist/Maker Role Qualifier
H. Munro Cautley  Architect(s)   

Commissioned by

 Lloyds Bank 

Design & Constrn period

 1928 

Date of installing

  

Exact date of unveiling

  

Category
Abstract Animal Architectural
Commercial Commemorative Composite
Free Functional Funerary
Heraldic Military Natural
Non-Commemorative Performance Portable
Religious Roadside, Wayside Sculptural
Temporary, Mobile Other  

Object Type
Building Clock Tower Architectural
Coat of Arms Cross Fountain
Landscape Marker Medallion
Mural Panel Readymade
Relief Shaft Sculpture
Statue Street Furniture War Memorial
Other Object Sub Type: Allegorical figures and beehive

Subject Type
Allegorical Mythological Pictorial
Figurative Non-figurative Portrait
Still-life Symbolic Other

Subject Sub Type
Bust Equestrian Full-length
Group Head Reclining
Seated Standing Torso
Part Material Dimension
Allegorical figures and beehive  Stone  H. 1.2 W. 3 metres 

Work is
Extant Not Sited Lost

Owner/Custodian

 Lloyds Bank 

Listing status
Grade I Grade II* Grade II Don't Know Not Listed

Surface Condition
Corrosion, Deterioration Accretions
Bird Guano Abrasions, cracks, splits
Biological growth Spalling, crumbling
Metallic staining Previous treatments
Other  
Detail: Both minor

Structural Condition
Armature exposed Broken or missing parts
Replaced parts Loose elements
Cracks, splits, breaks, holes Spalling, crumbling
Water collection Other
Detail:

Vandalism
Graffiti Structural damage Surface Damage
Detail:

Overall condition
Good Fair Poor

Risk
No Known Risk At Risk Immediate
Signatures/Marks  
Inscriptions On plinth: ESTABLISHED 1677 Over door: LLOYDS BANK 

Description (physical)

 Two nearly naked allegorical figures are set above the main door in front of a niche. They flank a beehive. The woman holds a bundle and a flame set in a boat, the man holds scales with a helmet at his feet which rest on the edge of his cloak 

Description (iconographical)

 The symbolism is chosen to represent the bank - the scales for weighing out money and the beehive for industry. The flame identifies the woman as a Vestal Virgin - the embodiment of the purity (in this case honesty) of their business - and her fasces (bundle tied together) its authority which is echoed in his helmet. The classical imagery sits somewhat oddly with the figures who embody the essence of late 1920s chic in their facial types and hairstyles 

Photographs

 Date taken:  9/7/2007
Date logged: 

Photographed by:
David Hulks and Sarah Cocke

On Site Inspection

 Date:  9/7/2007

Inspected by:
Richard Cocke

Sources and References

 BOE II 495 

Database

 Date entered:  14/11/2007

Data inputter:
Richard Cocke