Grade II Listed status for town's historic thatched former bank

A HISTORIC thatched building in Littleport - once home to a bank - has been given Grade II listed status.

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The former Lloyds Bank, located on Main Street, is described as “an extremely rare example of a purpose-built commercial bank built in the vernacular style”.

It has been listed at Grade II by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on the advice of Historic England.

Grade II listing recognises buildings of special interest. It ensures that any future changes to the property are carefully considered to protect the building’s historic character.

The former Lloyds Bank was built in 1931 and was designed to provide a banking hall and bank manager’s office, as well as private accommodation for his family.

The accommodation featured a dining room, pantry, kitchen and coal store alongside five bedrooms, a drawing room and a bathroom on the first floor.

The bank was designed by architects Henry Munro Cautley and Leslie Barefoot to combine “practical banking facilities with vernacular East Anglian character”.