Barclays Bank

Barclays Bank, located on Broad Street in the City Centre, was built in 1898 by C.E. Bateman. It is a red brick and stone building with a green slate tiled roof and prominent, straited chimneys. The design incorporates an Arts and Crafts interpretation of the late 17th century style.

The building is three storeys high, plus an attic, and features six bays. The ground floor has banded rustication and four windows, followed by a pair of narrower windows and a secondary door, creating a unified appearance of two bays. The first floor showcases six tall sash windows within stone surrounds adorned with bulging friezes, dentilled cornices, and intricate wrought-iron balcony railings. The second floor has six near-square sash windows in stone surrounds, while the attic features six pedimented dormer casement windows. A richly detailed, bracketed eaves cornice runs along the top of the building.

The return side on Sheepcote Street is two bays wide and similarly treated, with a single-storeyed, triangular stone porch uniquely positioned in the second bay, facing the Broad Street frontage. The detailing throughout the building is of a high quality.