Former Lloyds Bank (Broadheath Branch) And Post Office, 139 And 141, Manchester Road, Altrincham, Trafford, Cheshire, England, UK, WA14 5NS

SJ 78 NE, 7/14 ALTRINCHAM, MANCHESTER ROAD (west side), Nos. 139 and 141 (Former Lloyds Bank (Broadheath branch) and Post Office) II Bank and Post Office. 1902 above doorway, 1903 on fireplace. Thomas Worthington and Son. Ashlar, brick and slate roof. Four bays, three storeys with banking hall on ground floor and wings to the rear of bays 1 and 4. Ashlar ground floor with semi-circular headed doorway to bay 1 with coffered soffit and elaborate cartouche in place of a keystone. Raised lettering beside the archivolt reads "FORMERLY CUNLIFFE BROOKS & CO". Bays 2 and 3 have 3-light window openings with stone mullions, semi-elliptical heads and keystones, and bay 4 is similar but houses the Post Office shop front. Above a stone cornice the upper storeys are recessed in the centre bays, have stone quoins and an eaves cornice. Bays 1 and 4 each have two cross-windows with architrave surround to each floor, and bays 2 and 3 have 2-storey canted bay-windows with mullion and transom windows. Between them is an elaborate heraldic cartouche with the words "Finem respice" inscribed below. Coped gables with kneelers and two ridge stacks with stone bands and cornices. Banking hall has good coffered ceiling, stone fireplace, glazed tiles, doors, ironmongery etc. Listing NGR: SJ7665189187