National Westminster Bank

The National Westminster Bank is a bank building located in Shrewsbury, dated 1926. It is constructed of brick with stone dressings and is designed in the Neo-Renaissance style. The ground floor features rusticated ashlar and an arcade of three arches with stone voussoirs and leaded radial glazing in the windows. There is a central doorway adorned with an ornate cast-iron fanlight, and carved panels flank the ground-floor windows, each displaying a cartouche with a monogram and the date. The first-floor windows have moulded stone architraves and balustraded aprons, with the central window featuring an enriched pediment that also includes the date. Above, there is a foliate cornice with central swags. The upper windows have moulded architraves and decorated keystones. The building has a hipped roof that is recessed behind a parapet, and there is a single-storey continuation of the banking floor at the rear.