HSBC Bank

Bank, formerly 2 houses one on corner with 2 bays facing E, canted dormer and 2 facing N, the other with 3 facing N, all now one. Slate gabled roof with canted hipped corner, rubble stone chimney with exposed breast to left of E facing section, and red brick stack on ridge between original houses. Moulded timber eaves. Painted lined stucco facade with long and short quoins to all angles. Plinth, thin moulded surrounds to all windows which are generally sashes with 6 panes to upper half and one to lower, proportion altered in larger ground floor windows. Two close-spaced bays facing E, door in canted angle bay. North facing section has 2 windows to ground floor left of chimney that marks former divide, and one to first floor left, while to right are 2 windows of smaller size and a 6-panel door with glazed upper lights to right, with 2 windows above, one over left window, one over door. Presumably the house door was originally central to this section. Bank front door in canted angle is of 6 fielded panels with brass fittings, in panelled recess with scrolled corbels supporting a pediment and above this a blank rectangular tablet.

Earlier C20 interior fittings. Panelled inner lobby with double half-glazed doors with tall side-lights of etched glass, and 4 top lights. Similar hardwood panelling on N wall to high dado and moulded frames to 2 windows. Also on E wall recess with panels each side of later door. Sidelights over panels. Bank counter is altered but with some original woodwork.