Barclays Bank

Barclays Bank is a bank building constructed in 1898 by architects Willink and Thicknesse. It is made of brick with stone dressings and features a slate roof. The building stands three storeys high and has three bays. The ground floor has a stone base, a sill course, a second-floor sill course, and a top cornice with modillions and egg and dart mouldings. The round-headed windows on the ground floor are adorned with archivolts and triple keys, set behind an applied Ionic colonnade with rusticated lower columns. The entablature is obscured by a 20th-century signboard. The first floor has cross windows, while the second-floor windows are framed with eared architraves and triple keys.

Flanking the first and second floors are round stone tourelles, with their bases integrated into the walls. Below the three-light first-floor windows, there are swag friezes, and the second floor features two windows and three segmental-headed openings with chamfered reveals, dentilled cornices, and cupolas. The entrance is highlighted by a Gibbs surround with a ramped top and triple key. To the right of the entrance, a short wall has ramped coping and a ball finial. The returns of the building showcase Flemish gables with stone banding and obelisk finials on the sides. The left return includes two round-headed windows with Gibbs surrounds, while the right return features a deep bow window. The building is topped with two tall brick stacks and is noted for its architectural style reminiscent of Norman Shaw's White Star Building.