SOUTHPORT BRICKS
Join us in a lovely old building that was once a bank. While you dine, appreciate the ornate and intriguing architecture – and view from the glass walled mezzanine at the back.
Originally a bank built by Robert Todd in Neoclassical style, later a restaurant. It has a ground floor in granite and upper parts in sandstone. It was built in 1898 and much of the architecture inside has been kept.
Dates are a bit sketchy but it was a bank in 1920, one report says it was a Nat West branch but will try and confirm that. It was a swanky bar/night club before the Italian restaurant Ask took it over in 2009. Pizza Express moved in four years later.
The Old Bank 1898
Pizza Express Slogan
My View
The Old Bank building is a bit of a mystery as I can't seem to find much information about it before it was turned into a restaurant. I read somewhere that it opened as a bank in 1920, possibly Nat-West. It's a very narrow place from the exterior but as one of the photos below shows it's still retained it's lovely features inside.