Lloyds Bank, Bristol

The Lloyds Bank (grid reference ST587729) is an historic building situated at 53 & 55 Corn Street in Bristol, England.

Originally the West of England and South Wales Bank built by Bristol architects William Bruce Gingell (1819–1899) and T.R.

John Thomas had been responsible for overseeing the carving on Charles Barry's new Houses of Parliament.

On the ground floor the crests of Newport, Bath, Bristol, Exeter, and Cardiff are shown – the main towns from where the bank operated.

And above this chubby cherubs depict the activities of the bank: receiving, paying, storing, coining money, engraving and printing, and trading with Africa and America.