A typical 19th-century bank building of early renaissance style with closely spaced classically styled windows and a heavily moulded cornice.
It was built between 1898 and 1901 for Parr's Bank, having been designed by Richard Norman Shaw.[2] It later housed NatWest Bank, until they closed the bank in October 2017, putting it out for rent.[3] Plans were announced in October 2021 to convert the venue into a 92-bed hotel and bar.[4] Liverpool City Council approved planning permission for the ground floor to be turned into a bar and restaurant in July 2022, with further permission on turning the upper floors into a hotel with roof extension pending.[5]
The circular banking hall, Castle Street, Liverpool
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References
^"NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK, Non Civil Parish - 1205939 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
^Houghton, Alistair (18 October 2017). "NatWest closes historic Castle Street branch - but opens new one in city centre". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
^Duffy, Tom (10 February 2019). "So what is going on with the old NatWest building on Castle Street?". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
^"Hotel conversion for listed Liverpool bank". Place North West. 8 October 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
^Humphreys, David (5 July 2022). "Former city centre bank to be transformed into restaurant". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
