Lloyds Bank

Lloyds Bank, built in 1892, is an impressive three-storey building with an attic, showcasing early Georgian and 17th-century design elements. The structure is made of rubbed brick, with Portland and Bath stone facings on the ground floor. The upper floors are highlighted by four brick pilaster strips that extend into the parapet, with a stone dentil cornice that projects over them. The steeply pitched hipped slate roof features a three-light casement dormer, which has a moulded cornice and a steeply bracketed pediment above the central light.

The upper floors contain five windows, with the second-floor windows having moulded stone shouldered surrounds that rise to meet the dentils of the main cornice. Moulded sills and decorative bands run across the front at both lintel and sill levels, with floral swags beneath two of the windows flanking the centre. The first-floor windows are taller, with the central window being a three-light flat-fronted bow made of dressed stone, flanked by pilasters between the lights. This bow features a convex frieze and a moulded cornice that projects forward at the centre. The parapet above is made of brick with coping and includes four squat pilasters that separate ornamented panels.

The flanking windows have moulded stone shouldered surrounds, with the cornice of the bow continuing over them. The outer windows also feature similar surrounds, enhanced by bolection moulded cornices and keystones set in steep pediments. A moulded sill course and a deep band below the bow break forward as an apron, adorned with scrollwork decoration in the centre panel. All windows are recessed sashes with thick glazing bars.

The ground floor consists of five bays, with a high Portland stone plinth and a heavy cornice. The bays are separated by Bath stone piers, with a screen of Tuscan columns positioned against them, and the banding in the lower part of the columns continues onto the piers. There are four sash windows without glazing bars, each with a fielded panel below. To the right, there is a recessed door featuring four fielded panels and three lights, topped with a rectangular fanlight and a reeded doorhead between.

Lloyds Bank is part of a group with Nos 29 to 42 and The Market Hall.