Yorkshire Bank And Railings

The Yorkshire Bank and railings, located at Nos. 5 and 7 Commercial Street and including No. 2 Haymarket in Sheffield, is a mid-19th century building with mid-20th century alterations. It is constructed of ashlar with ashlar and pink granite dressings and is designed in the Italianate style. The former stock exchange, situated to the right, features a sill band, a channelled first floor, a cornice with a guilloche band, and a pierced balustrade. The building is a single storey plus basement with a six-window range. To the left, there is a pedimented granite doorcase with a small window above, and to the right, five windows are present.

The exterior includes area railings, which are interrupted by a 20th-century porch leading to the basement. The bank section on the left is two storeys plus an attic, featuring four by four windows. It has channelled rustication, a dentilled main cornice, a minor cornice, and a blocking course with a crest. The Commercial Street front displays four plain sash windows on the ground floor and four smaller sash windows above. The ground floor to the right has a granite plinth and two larger shouldered windows, while to the left, there is a late 20th-century channelled shopfront with a glazed door and overlight to the left and a window to the right.

On the Haymarket front, to the left, the upper floors have similar fenestration with three windows, and there is a set-back entrance bay with a single window on each floor. The ground floor features a similar 20th-century shopfront with three windows to the left and a glazed door and overlight to the right. The interior has not been inspected.