Dentist'S Surgery And Number 129 High Street (Barclays Bank)

This building is a dentist's surgery with a bank on the side and offices above, located at 129 High Street, formerly known as Barclays Bank. It was constructed in the early to mid 16th century as a three-cell house, featuring a parlour cross-wing at the corner of High Street. The building underwent alterations in the mid 18th century and mid 19th century. It has two storeys and attics, with a timber-framed and plastered structure. Both the hall range and the cross-wing to the right project over Barrett's Lane. The service range to the left has ground storey walls made of 18th century red brick, while the upper floor remains jettied. The roofs are covered with plain tiles and feature internal chimneys made of red brick, along with a gabled casement dormer. There are various small-pane sashes on casements from the 19th and 20th centuries. The three-window elevation facing High Street was encased in gault brick, which is now painted, during the 19th century. It has tripartite sashes, with the first storey featuring small panes and painted lintels on console brackets. The central entrance door from the 19th century has six fielded panels. The first storey includes some mid to late 18th century joinery, including an interesting dispensary. Samuel Alexander established a bank at No. 107 High Street in 1744 and moved to this address in 1756, possibly responsible for this feature. In the early 18th century, the house was occupied by the Rev. Robert Uvedale, Rector of Barking, who is believed to have introduced the Cedar of Lebanon into England.