Barclays Bank

This building comprises two houses, now serving as a bank and a private residence. The left-hand section (No. 16) dates back to around 1740 and was built for Edward Ryres, the town clerk of Woodstock. The right-hand section (No. 14) underwent a significant refronting in the mid-19th century, altering the appearance of an earlier 18th-century house.

No. 16 is constructed from limestone ashlar with a gabled Welsh slate roof and brick end stacks. It is arranged in an L-shape, including a rear wing to the left. The architectural style is mid-Georgian. The building is three storeys high and features a four-window frontage. A mid-18th century six-panelled door with an overlight is set within a Doric doorcase featuring engaged columns. Keyed flat stone arches frame the mid-18th century six-pane sashes, with thick glazing bars. Two later 18th-century six-pane sashes are located to the right of the first floor. The facade is accentuated by raised storey bands and a parapet. A mid-18th century six-pane sash with thick glazing bars is present at the rear.

The early 19th-century rear wing to the left is three storeys high and has six-pane sashes.

Inside No. 14, mid-18th century panelling remains on the ground and first floors. The ground floor features a mid-18th century fireplace with an enriched surround, and a first-floor room to the right has a mid-18th century fireplace with an enriched eared architrave with flanking pilasters. A quarter-turn staircase with winders, a panelled dado, and turned balusters on a closed string is situated to the right. The interior of No. 16 was not inspected. No. 16 has a two-storey, three-window range front, with keyed stone lintels over a 20th-century door to the left, plate-glass sashes on the ground floor, and six-pane sashes to the first floor. It also has a raised storey band and parapet.