Former London, City & Midland Bank

This is a former bank, constructed between 1902 and 1903 to the designs of John Alfred Gotch of Gotch and Saunders. The building is constructed of brick with an ashlar stone principal façade, covered by a slate roof.

The building has a T-shaped plan, with a main linear range running roughly north to south. A further range with a gable end projects to the west, alongside later extensions to the west and south.

The principal façade, facing east onto High Street, is arranged over five bays. The ground floor is rusticated, and the bays on the first floor are delineated by piers. The north bay features a semicircular arch leading to a rear passage, with rusticated voussoirs supported by carved capitals with scroll detail. The passage has a barrel-vaulted ceiling with panel detailing and a central geometric design. The bank's principal entrance is located in the bay to the south of the passage, with Tuscan pilasters supporting a semicircular pediment. This pediment includes relief carvings of a circular design incorporating the initials ‘L C & M B’ for London City and Midland Bank, flanked by carved garland designs. Above the entrance is an oval window with carved surrounds and a scroll pediment. To the south are three further bays, mirroring the design with pairs of Tuscan pilasters supporting a projecting fascia with a moulded surround and projecting cornice. Each of the three bays contains a large window opening under a semicircular arch, illuminating the banking hall. Scrolls replace the keystones, and support the projecting fascia; rusticated stone sits beneath the windows, with a 21st-century ATM in the left-hand bay and a night safe deposit box in the third bay. Iron railings are fixed within each bay.

At first floor, each bay contains a six-over-six sash window, except for the north bay which has been blocked. The windows have moulded surrounds and triangular pediments supported by scrolling consoles. Above is a projecting cornice and a stone balustrade parapet wall, featuring two ashlar stone sections with swan neck pediments.

The banking hall is a double-height space with decorative plasterwork. The lower half of the hall's walls are timber panelled, with plasterwork decoration on the upper section. The plasterwork comprises panels between moulded pilasters, featuring a central crest flanked by fleur-de-lis designs and enclosed by a moulded cornice. The ceiling has deep coffering housing decorative plasterwork. A cantilevered staircase, located at the south end of the room behind a timber-clad pier, features a sinuous timber rail and turned balusters. A 20th-century partition has been inserted into the centre of the room.