Barclays Bank

Barclays Bank, located at No. 27 High Row, was built in 1864 by Sir Alfred Waterhouse. It features a grand 13th-century Gothic facade with Venetian influences. The building has three storeys and an attic, with five windows. The exterior is constructed of ashlar stone and topped with a steeply pitched slated roof. The roof has dormers that break through a pierced parapet above a double corbel table at the eaves, and it includes twin ridges adorned with wrought iron cresting.

There are four tall ridge stacks with half-octagonal ends and decorative cornices, all made of ashlar stone, including the chimney pots. The paired windows on the second floor have detached granite central shafts, chevron-moulded flat heads, and corbels below the sills. On the first floor, there are paired cusped lancets featuring a granite engaged centre and jamb shafts, with projecting bracketed sills and drip moulds that have an impost string. The upper windows are protected by cast iron guards.

The ground floor has large single cusped openings that are elaborately chamfered and moulded, with paired nook shafts that have leafy capitals. There are fading buttresses between these openings, along with drip moulds and an impost string. The central door is ornate, featuring fancy iron hinges and extensive moulding, including nail-head details and three orders of nook shafts.