The old Barclays Bank is the latest former banking building to get snapped up following closure
Barclays in Grimsby(Image: GrimsbyLive/Donna Clifford)
An old Grimsby bank is set for an exciting future after selling at auction for a six-figure sum. The former Barclays Bank building, which is a Grade II Listed, has finally gone under the hammer two years after it closed its doors to customers.
It is not known what the new owners have planned for the building, based at 35 to 39 Victoria Street in the town centre, but a company from the North East is now looking at driving forward its transformation.
The bank was auctioned following a marketing campaign by agents at Sanderson Weatherall, highlighting opportunities for its redevelopment. The large corner building has offices alongside its old banking hall and lots of meeting rooms.
It eventually sold – after garnering a lot of interest – for £275,000. Sanderson & Weatherall say its position close to the one of the entrances to Freshney Place Shopping Centre highlight how it could play a part in the recent regeneration in Grimsby, which has included the new NHS Community Diagnostics Centre and Horizon Youth Zone.
Inside Barclays Bank in Grimsby(Image: Sanderson Weatherall)
The Grimsby Barclays branch officially closed in March 2024, with the banking giant citing a decline in footfall. At the time, Barclays said that fewer than ten regular customers were using the branch exclusively for their banking. A Barclays Local has since opened in the town centre at the Town Hall.
As more and more banks close around the region, developers have been moving in with fresh ideas for former banking halls. In January, the one-time Royal Bank of Scotland in Grimsby reopened to the public after being transformed into a beautiful ‘public living room’.
The bank closed more than seven years ago and the property has lain empty ever since, but the building was snapped up by CARE – Christian Action & Resource Enterprise – in 2023, paving the way for the creation of a community hub. The charity, which has been working in Grimsby for over 30 years supporting families and individuals in crisis, turned it into the CARE Hub – a space where anyone can walk in, sit down, and have a free cup of tea, no questions asked.
In 2023 Racks, on Osborne Street – built in the home of the former Co-operative bank – transformed the old vault into a private function room. Meanwhile in Cleethorpes, The Counting House opened in former HSBC more than five years ago serving food and drinks.
And Cleethorpes’ former Barclays Bank reopened in 2025 as Antalya Grill House, a Mediterranean restaurant and takeway, four years after it had been sold to new owners. A spokesman for Sanderson Weatherall who was involved in the marketing of the old Barclays Bank said regeneration plans elsewhere in Grimsby were proving to be an invaluable draw.
He added: “The buyer is from the North East. We don’t have much info on background or aspirations, but given the current regeneration I’m hoping that it will prove to be a good buy for them.”
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