11-27-60 Barrowford 4 King Edward Terrace

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Barrowford sub branch has a VERY busy life, spread across THREE different addresses between being opened in 1889 by the Craven Bank, and being taken on by Barclays in 1969! When this third iteration is launched on 23 September 1969, the branch boasts overnight storage heating – quite the thing to make customers cozy through a typical Northern winter. Barrowford survives the merger with Barclays and lasts until 1992. Under Martins’ ownership, it operates as a sub-Branch to Nelson, and is a busy little office, open for sixteen hours each week across the full six-day banking week until Saturday closure is implemented in July 1969. A lovely feature window complements a nice sympathetic design which fits right in on this busy village street. On the inside, the branch is a somewhat alarming vision of woodgrain that almost hides the door to the interview room.