19 AND 20, PARK ROW

19 and 20 Park Row is a bank and chambers building, dated 1891 and restored in the 20th century, designed by Alfred Waterhouse. The ground floor is made of polished pink granite, while the upper sections feature banded pink brick and terracotta details, topped with a patterned slate roof. The facade is the only part that remains intact. The building has four storeys with an attic and consists of eight bays. The wide three-window entrance is located in the fourth bay, flanked by two-window bays, with the Chambers entrance on the far right being one window wide.

Pilaster strips are present at the corners and between the bays, rising to a modillion eaves cornice and parapet. The central entrance features a large rusticated round-arch doorway in a slightly projecting bay, with paired pilasters and tripartite round arches. There is a pierced balcony parapet at the first and second floors, with the first-floor balcony extending across the facade on large projecting curved stone brackets. Above the second floor is a moulded frieze and a gabled dormer. The right entrance is segmental-arched, with a date plaque above reading 'MDCCCXCI', and a small turret with an octagonal roof is located at the eaves.

The fenestration includes large round-arched windows on the ground floor, while the upper floors feature two-light mullion and transom windows in moulded architraves. The lower parts of the first- and second-floor mullions have been removed, leaving small Jacobean-type fluted Ionic columns at the upper parts. The dormer windows are on a rebuilt roof with a moulded stack on the left. The interior has not been inspected. Alfred Waterhouse was the principal architect for the Prudential Assurance Company and developed a significant partnership with the Leeds Fireclay Company, known for their terracotta products, following his work on the Yorkshire College building in 1883.