What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Yorkshire Penny Bank This famous bank, later known as Yorkshire Bank, was founded at Leeds in 1856. These flamboyant premises, designed by G. B. Bulmer, were opened in 1894. The first purpose-built Leeds General Infirmary (1771) formerly stood on this site. Recorded plaque organisation: Leeds Civic Trust.
George Bertram Bulmer was a prominent architect known for his design of the flamboyant Yorkshire Penny Bank building in Leeds, opened in 1894, which reflects the architectural trends and economic prosperity of late Victorian England.
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