In 1912 Lloyd’s Bank rebuilt 55 High Street, at one time the office of Robert Baxter, the solicitor to the Great Northern Railway Co. in its early days. The new bank was designed by Sidney Kitson of Leeds and the design was exhibited at the Royal Academy. It was the first commercial building in Doncaster to have a lift. There is a lot of inventive detail and the panels between the first and second floor windows seem to float. The architect wanted to express the fact that unlike earlier buildings with columns that were load-bearing this building was different and had steel stanchions to carry the weight.
The bank is one of 24 Listed buildings on the High Street.
Source: Doncaster Civic Trust