Prudential Assurance Building

The Prudential Assurance Building is an office building constructed between 1885 and 1886, designed by A. Waterhouse, with a tower added in 1904. It features red brick and terracotta, with granite at the ground floor and a red tiled roof. The building stands five storeys tall with an attic and consists of six bays, including a canted corner bay and four bays facing Temple Street.

The ground floor has segmented headed windows, two of which have 20th-century shop fronts, and a corner entrance with a pointed arched head. The first floor bays are separated by paired polygonal shafts with drainpipes in between. All windows are sashed without glazing bars, with the first floor windows being segmental-headed. The second bay features granite facing and a canopied niche for a figure, along with a frieze above that bears the inscription "PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE BUILDINGS." The second floor windows have pointed arches, with the first two bays paired and the fourth to sixth bays tripartite. The third floor windows are segmental headed, with the second bay having pointed and cusped windows. The fourth floor features pointed arched windows.

The corner bay includes a two-storey canted oriel supported by brackets, with the date "MDCCCLXXXVI" displayed under the paired windows. The building has a corbelled frieze and an arcaded parapet, with one dormer containing two lights and another with three lights. The second bay features a three-stage tower, with the lower stage having three windows, the central one topped with a traceried gable feature. The third stage includes two balconies with blind arcading beneath round-headed openings. The building is topped with a corbelled cornice, corner water spouts, and a swept pyramidal roof with a stack, which includes two panelled stacks.