No. 1 Castle Street

No. 1 Castle Street is a bank building from the 1880s, designed by E. Salomons. It features red brick construction with a stone and granite ground floor. The building stands three storeys high with a prominent parapet. It has one bay facing Castle Street, a canted corner bay, and five bays along Dale Street. The ground floor is adorned with Tuscan pilasters and a dentilled cornice. On the first floor, the Castle Street side has a double window set in brick architraves, flanked by Composite pilasters and decorated with swags on the frieze. The second floor mirrors this design but includes a brick pediment. At the top, there is a deep frieze with swags and wreaths, a dentilled cornice, and a balustraded parapet. The canted angle features a semicircular iron balcony on the first floor and tripartite windows below a terminal with a cut brick urn and pediment. The Dale Street facade is more restrained, showcasing tall rectangular windows, with the second-floor windows featuring cornices and roundels above. The end bay is recessed and has windows similar to those on the corner.