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This Starbucks in Coney Street always strikes me as ana interesting building. I enjoy the contrasting brick and stonework. Evidence of the building's former existence as a branch of Martin's Bank can be seen on the corner of the building in the gold and red shield. The carved angels around the top of the ground floor level may not be to everybodies taste but they do add a certain character to the building.

Martin's Bank Crest - Coney Street

Buidling adornments around York can be interesting this crest is on the corner of the Starbucks Coffeeshop in Coney Street. The crest is about all that remains to indicate the former presence of the Martins bank that used to occupy the site. Martins bank was bought by Barclays Bank in 1969, when all of its branches were swallowed up as brancjhes of Barclays. Under the usual Bank rationalisations the site was sold off by Barclays and eventually became a Starbucks.