Barclays Bank

Barclays Bank is a shop with living accommodation over, now a bank and offices, dating from the early 19th century. The ground floor was rebuilt in 1885, with significant internal alterations and a rear extension added in the mid-20th century. The front facade is of painted stone and stucco, with a rear outshoot of yellow stock brick and stucco. The building is topped with Welsh slate roofs, concealed behind a parapet that steps up in the centre.

The building is three storeys high and has a five-bay front. The first floor features a row of triple sash windows, arranged 4:12:4 panes, separated by slender antae and large pediments supported by moulded consoles. The central three bays project forward, displaying three 12-pane sash windows within moulded architrave surrounds; the centre window is further emphasised by a plain outer surround with a flat moulded cornice hood resting on moulded consoles. The second floor has five sash windows, all 12-pane, with the central window having a moulded architrave surround and projecting sills supported by plain corbels on either side. The ground floor incorporates a plinth, a moulded string course, and raised panelled Tuscan Doric pilasters defining the central three bays, coupled at the left and right and single flanking the central bay. The left side has a triple window with fixed small-paned sashes and a projecting transom, separated by panelled Tuscan antae, with a moulded projecting surround-cill raised in the 1980s to accommodate cash dispensing machines within a stucco panel below. The central three windows are of a mullion and transom design with a moulded architrave surround. To the right is a former carriageway now infilled with modern hardwood double-leaf doors, previously having channelled rusticated jambs and an elliptical arch. The ground floor is topped by an entablature with a plain frieze and moulded cornice, including modillions to the central three bays.

The rear elevations are plain, with 12-pane sash windows on the first and second floors, showcasing pink sandstone bands and stepped lintels on the first floor. The rear also features yellow stock brick walls in a Flemish bond pattern, and a lower two-storey stuccoed outshoot with a recessed sash window on the first floor and flush set sashes on the ground floor.

The interior was largely gutted and opened up on the ground floor, with the main entrance now located through the former carriageway, replacing the previous entrance in the right-hand bay of the center. The building was originally constructed in the early 19th century by a local store owner, Rayment. The ground floor originally featured twin Ionic columns in antis, a central entrance, and large-paned shop windows on either side. Extensive alterations were made by Barclays in 1885 when they acquired the site.