National Westminster Bank And Attached Front Railings

This is a bank, built around 1905, possibly designed by Drake and Pizey. It is constructed from Portland ashlar with ridge stacks, and the roof is not visible. It was originally a National Westminster Bank. The building is in an Edwardian Baroque style and comprises one storey and an attic, with a three-window front. The symmetrical front is divided into three sections by paired Composite columns supporting a deep entablature and modillion cornice. There is a full attic storey with a cornice, a parapet with balustrades over the windows, pairs of flaming urns above the dies, and two ridge stacks with wide cornices. Three keyed semicircular arches are linked by an impost band. The central section features a bolection-moulded doorway with a cartouche and festoon above, flanked by arched windows with glazing bars. The upper floor has almost square windows with moulded architraves and two-light casements, separated by matching moulded panels. The interior banking hall is divided by Tuscan columns on pedestals, with entablature beams and dentil cornices between pilasters. It includes a central domed skylight, decorative plasterwork, and shouldered Mannerist doorcases. Attached to the plinth between the columns are bowed cast-iron railings.