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The Parrs Bank Hotel
Warrington, England, United Kingdom · Independent · Accessible Luxury
Parr's Bank built this Grade II banking house at 7 Winwick Street in 1877, and NatWest, the descendant, left it empty in 2015. Yaad and Pavan Johal, a couple from Appleton, bought the hall just before lockdown, opened Counter's on the old banking floor, and in August 2023 finally put guests in ten rooms upstairs. Weddings now use the room where Warrington kept its money. The bus station is across the street.
- 15 rooms
- Opened 2023
- Neighborhood: Town Centre
- Architect: Thomas Beesley
About The Parrs Bank Hotel
- The bank began in 1788 as Parr and Co. Joseph Parr, a sugar refiner, founded it with the brewer Thomas Lyon and the attorney Walter Kerfoot. NatWest's heritage note says British sugar then was grown by enslaved people in the Caribbean.
- In 1918 Parr's Bank merged into London County and Westminster Bank, the line that became NatWest. The hotel credits the 1877 building to the architect Thomas Beesley.
- Five more bedrooms were scheduled for the start of 2024. Counter's, opened as a coffee bar in April 2021, is now a licensed cocktail bar, with a heated terrace beside the hall.
History
Parr and Co, also called the Warrington Old Bank, opened in Winwick Street in 1788. The partners were Joseph Parr, a sugar refiner, Thomas Lyon, a brewer and sugar refiner, and Walter Kerfoot, an attorney. NatWest records that British sugar at that time was grown by enslaved people in the Caribbean, and that refining sat inside that trade. A purpose-built banking house opened on the street in 1877, the work of Thomas Beesley, and it is Grade II. Parr's Bank merged in 1918 with London County and Westminster Bank and ended inside NatWest, which left the branch in 2015. Yaad and Pavan Johal bought it around the start of the pandemic. Counter's opened in April 2021, the banking hall became an events room, and ten hotel bedrooms took their first guests in August 2023, with five more then planned for early 2024.
The setting
7 Winwick Street, Warrington, WA1 1XR, opposite the bus station in the town centre. The Johals live in Appleton, a village on the edge of town.
Experiences
- Heritage wedding venue — Wedding ceremonies and receptions for groups of 40 to 350 guests beneath soaring ceilings and crystal chandeliers.
Amenities
- Dedicated wedding team
- In-house events team
- Event venue hire
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