60 and 62, Castle Street

Nos 60 and 62 on Castle Street is a bank building constructed in 1868 by architects Lucy and Littler. It features three storeys, a mezzanine, and an attic, with seven bays facing Castle Street and six bays towards Derby Square. The building is made of stone, with the first five bays arranged symmetrically around an elaborate entrance bay that has pilasters carved with swags. Above the entrance, a balustraded balcony projects from the first floor, which is highlighted by a carved round arch window. The second floor includes two round-arched main windows with an iron balcony and carved reclining figures in the spandrels. The building has a plinth, an entablature, and a balustrade above the mezzanine floor, along with further balustrades above the first floor and a deep consoled cornice over the attic windows. The ground floor and mezzanine windows are flat-headed within architraves, while the upper windows are round-headed with moulded imposts. The two right-hand bays mirror this design, and the entire structure is topped with a balustrade featuring panelled chimneys. The details facing Derby Square are similar, but the end bays are accentuated.