Post Office Savings Bank - Carter Lane
GPO South ...more than 100 years of history.
GPO South - Carter Lane
As the Savings Bank business continued to grow, the Queen Victoria site expanded onto Addle Hill, circa 1890, and along Carter Lane.




The Carter Lane building is on the right of the photo. The Bell Yard extension can be seen to the left of the portico (entrance). [Portico: viz, a roof supported by columns at regular intervals, typically attached as a porch to a building.]





Photo: Post Office Savings Bank HQ - view from Carter Lane © Light Straw 2002
| EXIT | Savings Bank view from Carter Lane |

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. The Carter Lane entrance was formed of an ornate 'Victoria's Reign' portico, which was incorporated into the Bell Yard extension.


Carter Lane - 19th Century
Carter Lane circa 1890
If you compare this photo from 1890 with the 21st century view (at the head of this page) the building is virtually unchanged.






Photo: Post Office Savings Bank HQ - View from Carter Lane, circa 1890 © The National Archives - used with permission.
 

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