Restoration of the former Beverley Savings Bank at 26 and 28 Lairgate
28 Lairgate, Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, HU17 8EP
Built as the Savings bank, with originally a central doorway leading into a lobby with a waiting room to the front and then the banking room to the rear. It also had accommodation for the Bank manager and his family with ground-floor rooms to the left and a living room and bedrooms on the first floor. The Hull Packet of 12 April 1844 reported that ‘The new Savings’ Bank in Lairgate has recently been opened for business. It is a handsome edifice, stone fronted, with dwelling-house attached, and every way suitable and convenient’.
The 1861 census noted that on the night of the census, there was John Blythe Robinson, the bank manager and his wife, their two sons, a daughter, two guests and a cook and housekeeper staying the night.
It stopped trading as the Savings Bank in the 1890s when it was sold to a local firm of solicitors, who converted it to offices, and it remained in the same family for the next 135 years. Planning permission was granted for converting the offices to two separate dwellings in 2022 and works started in the autumn of 2024.
Timings & Tours
- Saturday 13 September:
- 1000-1500
- Sunday 14 September:
- 1000-1500
Location & directions
28 Lairgate, Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, HU17 8EP
- Contact on day:
- Richard Stott
- Telephone number:
- +447979850907
Booking information
- Pre-booking requirement:
- Pre-booking required
- Booking conditions:
- To book a tour please use the email or phone numbers below. Tours are scheduled at 1000, 1100, 1300, 1400 on both days.
- Booking contact name:
- Beverley Tourist Information Centre
- Booking telephone number:
- +441482391672
- Booking email:
- [email protected]
- Booking website:
- https://www.visiteastyorkshire.co.uk/listing/beverley-tourist-information-centre/129949101/
- Booking opens:
- 01 Sep 2025 12:00 AM
- Booking closes:
- 11 Sep 2025 12:00 AM
Accessibility details
Work is still ongoing in the house so visitors will need to take care and accept personal responsibility for all risks during the visit.
Additional information
Visits will take place each day at 1000, 1100, 1300 and 1400 Pre booking is essential
- Max no of people per tour:
- 10
- Est. tour duration:
- 1 hour(s) 0 minute(s)
