1, St Georges Square

No. 1 St George's Square is a former bank building, dated 1864, originally constructed for the Lancaster Banking Company. The structure is made of ashlar limestone with a brick rear and features a graduated slate roof. It stands two storeys tall and has a façade that wraps around the corner of The Strand and St George's Square, displaying a layout of four bays on the left, one bay at the corner, and three bays on the right.

The building has a moulded plinth and a rusticated ground floor, with a recessed corner bay that is set on a curve. The original plain sash windows have been partially replaced by casements. There are two doorways on St George's Square, each framed by raised panels and flanked by pilasters with composite capitals. The archivolt above features a mask keystone. The right-hand doorway contains an eight-panel door with a plain fanlight above, while the left-hand doorway has been converted into a window. The sash window on the right has a sunken apron, a recessed surround, and a segmental arch with a keystone, topped by a continuous cornice.

A brass nameplate to the right of the front door commemorates 'The Lancaster Banking Company Limited'. The first-floor windows have a sill band and are surrounded by square-headed frames. Below the modillions of the simple cornice is a string course. The corner bay is illuminated by segmentally-arched windows on both floors, and the blocking course features scrolled supports and an anthemion that once displayed an oval date plaque, which is now missing. The hipped roof has a ridge stack and end stacks, both adorned with modillioned cornices. The left return windows mirror those on the front.

Inside, the building retains its original staircase, which features cast-iron balustrade panels and a wreathed mahogany handrail, along with a margin-glazed ceiling light. The ceiling of the banking hall has been underdrawn.