Post Office Savings Bank - Addle Hill Annex
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Addle Hill Annex.
As the Savings Bank business continued to grow, the Queen Victoria site expanded onto Addle Hill, circa 1890, and along Carter Lane.





Photo: Post Office Savings Bank HQ - Addle Hill/Carter Lane Annex circa 1890 © The National Archives - used with permission.
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Addle Hill Annex

The Addle Hill annex to the Post Office Savings Bank extended from Knightrider Street, up Addle Hill to encompass the whole block to Carter Lane.


View from Addle Hill
View from Addle Hill
By design, the Savings Bank building on Addle Hill was both ornate and capacious. Here are a few more contemporary views of this complex and sprawling workplace.


Photo: Post Office Savings Bank HQ - View from Addle Hill © Light Straw 2002.
View from Knightrider Street
View from Knightrider Street
Seen opposite is the Knightrider Street elevation of the extension to the Post Office Savings Bank. A walkway/enclosed bridge connected the annex with the main building on Queen Victoria Street. Addle Hill is on the far left.




Photo: Post Office Savings Bank HQ - View from Knightrider Street, circa 1890 © The National Archives - used with permission.
View from Carter Lane
View from Carter Lane
The Addle Hill annex of the Savings Bank building extended along Carter Lane and spanned Bell Yard. The ornate portico marked the only entrance on this side of the block.


Photo: Post Office Savings Bank HQ - View along Carter Lane © Light Straw 2002.
   

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