3-5 King Street

3-5 King Street was built in 1838-1839 as a bank and extended westward in 1893. In the 2010s, it was converted from a bank into a restaurant. The principal south elevation is constructed from ashlar Bath Stone, while the rear elevation is rendered. The south range has a natural slate roof.

The building consists of two main sections: a five-bay block to the east and a three-bay extension to the west, each of three storeys. A later, two-storey extension is located to the rear.

The south-facing front is designed in an ornate Italian palazzo style. It features separate hipped roofs over the original eastern section and the western extension, with two large, decorative chimney stacks. Sculpted lion heads are spaced along the moulded eaves, supported by neoclassical brackets. The brackets on the western extension are more foliate than those on the east, although the lion heads do not mirror the bracket rhythm of the eastern side.

The south (King Street) elevation has eight bays in total, five in the main body and three in the extension. A masonry cornice sits below the first-storey windows, and a decorative string course runs between the first and second-floor windows. Second-storey windows are framed by eared architraves. First-storey windows are flanked by Corinthian pilasters which frame iron balconies and support a triangular, dentilled pediment. Chamfered quoins decorate the corners at the first and second-storey levels. Two-pane timber sash windows are used throughout.

The ground-floor façade showcases deeply channelled banded rustication, punctuated by plate glass sash windows. The third bay of the western extension contains the main doorway, which is richly decorated with neoclassical elements, including flanking marble Corinthian columns, an elaborate entablature, and a scrolled broken pediment displaying the ‘J and CS and Co’ monogram. The panelled timber door is carved with neoclassical relief and topped with a wrought-iron fanlight. The 20th-century rear (north) extension was not inspected and has three to four storeys with a flat roof.