It started life as the York City and County Savings Bank in 1897. It is built in Portland stone in a restrained English Baroque style. It was built by William Analay, whose building business was then based in Dockin Hill Road and Silver Street. They had previously built Rossington Hall and the Free Library on St George Gate. The York City & County Bank amalgamated with the London Joint Stock Bank in 1912. In 1921, the two London banks united with the cumbersome title of the London Joint City & Midland Bank, which was soon shortened to the Midland Bank. It enlarged the banking space in the Baxter Gate corner building by taking in the shop and the ground floor office and concentrated its business there. In 1992, it was taken over by the HSBC Bank.
HSBC 1887 Timelines: Buildings Timeline
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