National Westminster Bank

The National Westminster Bank is a bank building constructed between 1902 and 1903 by the architectural firm Mills and Murgatroyd. It is designed in a flamboyant baroque style and is situated on a corner site. The building is made of ashlar stone, with a rusticated ground floor, a polished granite plinth, and a Welsh slate roof. It stands two storeys tall and features a seven-window range, with a prominent tower over the entrance located at the left-hand corner.

The entrance is highlighted by a polished granite architrave that includes engaged shafts, bolection moulding, and a mask between scrolls in the frieze. Above this, there is a shallow swept parapet with the word 'Bank' in raised lettering, and a tripartite sash window is set behind the parapet. A modillion cornice runs above the entrance.

To the left of the entrance, there is a half-octagonal stair turret, and a bow window with a balconette is found on the return elevation. The first stage of the tower features a segmental pediment above the cornice and transomed lights. The upper stage of the tower has heavy volutes at the corners and pediments on each face, supported by free-standing polished granite columns, with balustrading below the recessed windows. The roof of the tower is domed and topped with a fleche.

Beyond the entrance bay, the main range consists of five windows, which are divided by coupled engaged Corinthian columns that rest on corbels above the ground floor. The lower windows are separated by colonettes, with 2-pane sashes set in segmentally-arched shouldered architraves above. The first bay is distinguished by plain pilasters that support a segmental pediment featuring a coat of arms. This bay is balanced by a similar bay on the right, which includes a subsidiary entrance in a segmentally-pedimented architrave. The building is finished with a modillion cornice and a balustraded parapet that steps up over the pediments at each end.