National Westminster Bank

The National Westminster Bank, originally known as the Derby Street District Bank, is a bank building dated 1882, designed by William Larner Sugden. It is constructed of brick with stone dressings, pargeting, and has a plain-tiled roof. The building is two storeys high and features a four-window range.

The exterior includes an ornate advanced gable over the main banking hall on the right, with an entrance in a single-storeyed porch next to it. The entrance is flanked by rusticated piers and has a broken pediment with a lunette above, along with a cartouche inscribed 'Manchester and Liverpool District Banking Co. Ltd'. Enriched pilasters support a segmental pediment above the entrance. The main gable features a shallow segmental bow window on the ground floor, while the jettied upper storey has paired segmental oriels connected by a balustraded balconette. The windows are of the Shaw style with leaded glazing, and there is pargeting below and between the windows. A moulded bressumer adorns the projecting gable apex, which is also enriched with pargeting that includes a painted shield of arms.

To the left, there is a two-window range with a lesser gable, articulated by moulded pilasters at the jettied first storey. The ground floor has mullioned windows with three and four lights, while the upper floor features mullioned and transomed windows with leaded upper panes. The apex of the gable on the right-hand return has pargeting that incorporates the date. The left-hand return has a parallel wing with two gables, each featuring pargeting in the apex. There is a third advanced gabled range beyond this. A side entrance, likely originally providing access to the manager's accommodation, is present. The building has massive end wall stacks and a third stack in the angle of the advanced wing, along with a shallow segmental arch with a tiled roof that provides access to the rear on the left.

Inside, the main banking hall features marble and scagliola wall panelling, and much of the original enriched woodwork remains intact. There is also a frieze of William de Morgan tiles in the porch.