Former NatWest Bank

The former NatWest Bank, originally a branch of the London and County Bank, was built in 1908 and designed by architects Eric Thompson and James Thomas Walford in a neo-Georgian style.

The building is constructed of multistock brick laid in English bond, featuring rubbed brick and Portland stone dressings, topped with a hipped roof covered in green slates and lead flashings. It stands three storeys tall.

On the exterior, both principal facades face south towards the High Street and east towards Church Street, each with five symmetrically arranged bays. The outer bays are defined by rubbed brick pilasters. A continuous entablature runs between the first and second floors on both fronts, with rubbed brick used for the architrave and frieze, which features a continuous band of festoons in high relief. The stone cornice is adorned with modillions. The base of the building has a stone plinth, and at the top, there is a stone balustrade with vase balusters. The lower two floors have sash windows with segmental heads, while the top storey features flat arched heads. The ground-floor windows have dark stained oak glazing bars and frames, surrounded by stone with lugs, shoulders, and aprons. The first-floor windows are multi-pane, with six-over-six sashes that have rubbed brick surrounds and matching aprons, all with keystones. On the southern side, the ground floor has a doorway on the far left with an aedicular stone surround, an open pediment supported by brackets, an arched fanlight, and a panelled door. To the far right is a smaller doorway with an elaborate surround and an oval window above. The western front has a similar doorway on the far left. The right-hand bay on this side is slightly canted to fit the angled ground plan of the site. The chimney stacks remain intact, rising to full height with moulded caps.

The interior has not been inspected.