Former Midland Bank

The Former Midland Bank, located at 1, 3, 5, and 5A Library Street in Wigan, is a building constructed in 1895 by WEV Crompton for Timothy Coop and Company. Originally designed as showrooms and offices, it has been altered to accommodate bank and shop units. The ground floor was modified in 1910 by T B Whinney of London. The building features red brick in Flemish bond, with the ground floor rebuilt in sandstone ashlar, complemented by pink and buff terracotta dressings. It has a slate mansard roof topped with a lead-clad dome and is situated on a corner site, showcasing a long frontage to Library Street and a narrower facade to Wallgate, linked by a convex corner. The design reflects the Free Queen Anne style.

The exterior consists of three storeys and an attic. The 1910 facade on the ground floor, which wraps around both facades, includes paired Tuscan semi-columns, a plain frieze, and a prominent modillioned cornice. It features a corner doorway with a moulded architrave adorned with a festoon frieze and cornice, along with rectangular windows in the other bays. The upper floors are highlighted by three bays that wrap around the corner, featuring a drum at the corner embraced by Dutch gables. This section has brick pilasters at the first floor topped with terracotta Ionic capitals, a dentilled terracotta frieze, and a moulded cornice that extends around the building. The Dutch gables are banded, and the drum has a terracotta frieze decorated with festoons, crowned by an unusual bell-shaped dome. The first floor includes Venetian windows with terracotta colonnettes, run-out voussoirs, and triple keystones, while the second floor has oblong windows with blocked jambs and triple keystones, as well as stepped triple-light windows in the gables. The side ranges are similar but simpler in design.

The interior has not been inspected. The building occupies a prominent site at the south end of the triangular Market Place, serving as a focal point at the intersection of Library Street and Wallgate.