Barclays Bank And Bank Chambers

Barclays Bank and Bank Chambers is a former house, now used as offices and a bank, located on Lichfield Street in Bilston. The building dates from the mid-18th century and the 1870s. It is constructed of brick with ashlar dressings and features tile roofs with brick stacks. The building has a double-depth plan and stands three storeys high, with a symmetrical five-window range.

The exterior includes a stone-coped plinth, cornices on all floors, and a high plastered parapet, along with quoins. The windows are topped with rubbed brick flat arches and feature fielded-panelled keystones, with horned sashes. Most of the windows have six-over-one panes, while the central first-floor window has twelve panes, and the second-floor windows have nine panes. The entrance is adorned with an eared architrave, frieze, and pediment, and includes an overlight and a six-fielded-panelled door. There are enriched rainwater heads and square downpipes, as well as end stacks.

To the right, there is a curved extension from the 1870s, which houses a full-height banking hall. This extension features a two-storey projecting end and attic, with an eight-window range, three of which are in the two-storey projection. The top cornice and stone-coped brick parapet are present, and the curved section has a panelled ashlar frieze with a central rosette and segmental pediment. The banking hall has five segmental-headed windows with archivolts, large enriched keystones, and horned sashes with small-paned overlights. The end of the extension has windows with rubbed brick flat arches and fluted keystones above horned sashes. The attic includes hipped dormers with sashes. The entrance features an ashlar doorcase with a segmental-headed overlight, a keystone, flanking balusters, a top frieze, and a pediment with a cartouche, along with a panelled door and a cross-axial stack.

Inside the mid-18th century house, there is a room with bolection-moulded panelling, fluted pilasters with Doric entablature blocks, and a fireplace with a fielded-panelled overmantel, along with a niche to the left. The rest of the interior has not been seen but may retain other interesting features.