Lloyds Bank And British Legion

Lloyds Bank and British Legion is a building that possibly dates from the early 18th century. It features a wide, seven-bay ashlar facade that stands three storeys high, originally comprising two houses around a central carriageway, which was once part of a single burgage. The facade includes bands between the floors, quoins, a cornice with dentils leading to a parapet that has moulded coping, ramping up to urn finials at both ends and the center. The windows are fitted with glazing bars and keystones, with pivoted lights on the second floor and sash windows below. There is a central through passage with a bracketed hood, and to the left of this passage is a panelled door with a traceried overlight. To the right, there is an interwar 'Georgian' bank front that consists of three bays, with the entrance located to the left. The building has a slate roof with ashlar end chimneys. Inside the through passage, the rear lintel features an early 18th-century relief depicting a shell and a head wrapped in folds.