Former Coutts Bank

This is a former bank, built around 1840, and possibly incorporating fabric from a mid-18th century building. It is constructed of limestone ashlar, with a roof that is not visible. The design is in the Palladian Revival style, with a double-depth plan. The building is three storeys high, with a five-window front. The central three-window section projects forward. The ground floor is rusticated, with an impost band and plat band, while the first-floor has a sill band; the outer sections are banded and topped by an entablature with a modillion cornice and a panelled parapet. The ground floor features a semicircular-arched arcade with doorways, fitted with 20th-century doors and glazing. A wrought-iron gate and grille above the right-hand doorway leads to an alleyway, featuring a lantern. The upper-floor windows have architraves to the central section; the first-floor windows have pediments, segmental in the centre and supported on consoles, while the second-floor windows have sill blocks. They contain horned plate-glass sashes. The interior was extensively remodelled in the mid-20th century. Historical research suggests that the bank may have involved the refacing of a Georgian building.