Commonwealth Bank Croydon
This example of the interwar style Art Deco bank buildings built by the Commonwealth Bank is located in Croydon at 6 The Strand.
According the the owner of the grocery shop next door the bank finished operations in the building over 10 years ago and the building is currently a video store.
The Commonwealth Bank building boasts a nice Art Deco relief above the front door however the rest of the building has been painted unsympathetically to the style.
Art Deco relief above front door
Sources:
- Commonwealth Bank Archive Department
It is a lovely little bank branch, with a good coat of paint, but the wrong colour for this. Pity, it perhaps should have been a few shades lighter? Maybe different?
ReplyDeleteHi Lin, yes the colour really makes the facade look bland. Perhaps some imaginative choices of various shades could bring out the character of the building a bit better. The trouble is choosing a classic colour scheme that will not look dated in five years time!
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