National Westminster Bank

This is a bank, built in 1838. It is a notable example of early purpose-built banking architecture and one of the first of its kind in the country. Constructed of Ham Hill stone ashlar with a hipped slate roof and rendered stacks, the building is in a late Georgian style. The plan is a double-depth configuration.

The symmetrical front has three bays, although a side entrance replaces the far-left ground-floor window. A platband separates the floors, with rusticated quoins and banded rustication to the ground floor. The ground-floor windows have voussoirs and are round-arched, with 6/6-pane sashes reaching the platband, which bears the bank's name. Steps lead to the central door, which has a round arch mirroring the window arches. Above the door is a 6/6-pane sash set in a classical architrave with Ionic pilasters resting on a cill with consoles, supporting a cornice and pediment. There is a 3/6-pane sash above this. The outer bays, on the first floor, have six-light tripartite sashes, with similar 3/6-pane sashes above. A substantial cornice sits below a parapet, which itself supports a balustrade over the central bay, displaying a heraldic device featuring a rampant lion. Both entrances have iron gates.

The interior has not been inspected. The bank was originally built for the Stuckey Banking Company.