National Westminster Bank

The National Westminster Bank, originally a bank and attached house, is a mid-19th century building, likely designed by Websters of Kendal. It features limestone ashlar with slate roofs and has two distinct facades.

To the left, the former house is three storeys tall and has four bays. The ground floor is rusticated, and there is a moulded cornice above. The three right-hand bays project forward beneath a pediment and include round-arched windows on the ground floor, first-floor windows with architraves and cornices on console brackets, and second-floor windows with pilaster reveals. The left-hand bay is blind on the ground floor, with plain reveals above. Most windows are sashed, with glazing bars present on the ground floor. Above the pediment, there is a chimney cap with a cornice.

The main bank facade, slightly set back to the right, is also three storeys tall but consists of three bays. It features a rock-faced plinth, a rusticated ground floor, a second-floor sill band, and a prominent projecting modillion cornice. A central die is flanked by carved scrolled brackets and is inscribed with the word 'BANK'. The windows have lugged architraves, with first-floor windows having pediments—segmental in the center and triangular on each side. Most are sashed, except for the left-hand window on the second floor, which has been converted into casements. The left-hand ground floor window now contains a cash dispenser. The recessed porch is supported by two Tuscan columns in antis beneath a cornice, and the inner doorway features a round arch with a lion mask keystone. There are chimneys on both the left and right sides, topped with limestone caps.

Inside, the large banking hall retains a compartmented ceiling with three lantern lights. The walls are adorned with a continuous plasterwork triglyph frieze and are divided into bays (four by three) by unfluted Doric pilasters on high bases.