Temples of Mammon. The architecture of banking

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Deals with the development of bank buildings and their architecture as banking functions progressed from the 18th to the 20th century. Has three main objects: 1] 'investigate bank design independently of any other commercial or financial institution'; 2] 'see what differences existed between the styles of the various types of banks and the attitudes of the bankers, with particular reference to the distinctiveness between commercial banks and savings banks'; 3] 'assess the factors, arising both within and without the profession, which have influenced bank design'. Chapters are: 'Era of private banking'; 'From Fleet Street to Corn Street. The impact of joint stock banking'; 'The early savings banks'; 'High Victorian confidence and experimentation'; 'Tradition in disarray'; 'Twentieth century. Prestige gained, lost and coveted'. Appendix 1 'Savings banks [109 buildings] purpose built before the end of 1852' [pp300-11]. Appendix 2 'Catalogue of significant banks' giving date, location, bank name, architect, etc, etc [pp312-33]