{"id":105123,"date":"2025-10-28T11:51:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T11:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/105123\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T11:51:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T11:51:07","slug":"branch-of-halifax-in-stamford-could-become-clarendons-fine-art-retail-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/105123\/","title":{"rendered":"Branch of Halifax in Stamford could become Clarendon\u2019s Fine Art retail gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Another former high street bank could be turned into an art gallery, if new plans are approved.<\/p>\n<p>Clarendon Fine Art has applied to convert the former Halifax branch at 11 and 12 High Street, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lincsonline.co.uk\/stamford\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stamford<\/a>, into a retail gallery.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, the old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lincsonline.co.uk\/stamford\/news\/family-run-business-moves-into-high-street-building-9341167\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HSBC on the corner of High Street and Red Lion Square became the Gladwell and Patterson gallery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 1049 716\" alt=\"The former Halifax branch in High Street, Stamford, might become a Clarendon Fine Art retail gallery. Photo: Supplied\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"RV84IGEAOFQ60G3DDU3N.jpg\" data-ar=\"1.47\"\/>The former Halifax branch in High Street, Stamford, might become a Clarendon Fine Art retail gallery. Photo: Supplied<\/p>\n<p>According to design documents submitted to South Kesteven District Council with its planning application, Clarendon Fine Art will modify the Grade II* listed building, which dates from the 1600s but has been heavily modified over the years, particularly in 1981.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/publicnoticeportal.uk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Find out about planning applications that affect you at the Public Notice Portal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Before that the building had been divided into two separate businesses, one of which was a wallpaper shop.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 1049 339\" alt=\"The changing face of 11 and 12 High Street, Stamford. Photos: Supplied\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"8P4GUFID77D6KEQ2Y633.jpg\" data-ar=\"3.09\"\/>The changing face of 11 and 12 High Street, Stamford. Photos: Supplied<\/p>\n<p>Halifax, part of Lloyds Banking Group, closed its Stamford branch in March 2024.<\/p>\n<p>If approved by the district council, Clarendon\u2019s shop sign will be made from individual letters mounted on a new fascia attached to the stonework, and there would be a projecting sign above head height.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Another former high street bank could be turned into an art gallery, if new plans are approved. Clarendon&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105124,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[442,498,499,500,138,3311,501,156,53381,111,139,69,660,76077],"class_list":["post-105123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-business","tag-consumer","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-lincs-homepage","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-planning","tag-stamford"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105123\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}