Midland Bank (including Bank Chambers)

The Midland Bank, including Bank Chambers, is a purpose-built structure in the Classical style, representing a late example of Edwardian Baroque, likely constructed just before World War I. The main facade is made of yellow limestone ashlar, probably Bath stone, while the other sides are finished in yellow brick, possibly sourced from Ebbw Vale or Blaendare brickworks. The roofs are not visible from the street.

This two-storey building features a four-bay frontage highlighted by a giant order of Ionic half columns that support a plain frieze with the attached plastic lettering "MIDLAND" and a deep modillion cornice. The ground floor includes low six-over-six sash windows with horns, flanked by doors. The left door leads to the Banking Hall at the rear, featuring a six-panel door set in an architrave surround, topped with a rectangular light and a small hood on brackets. The other door and windows have matching architrave surrounds and cornice heads. The right-hand door is secondary, providing access to the Bank Chambers located above at 2 Commercial Street.

On the first floor, there are four matching three-over-six sash windows in architrave surrounds with bracketed sills. A balustraded parapet crowns the building, with tall ashlar stacks with weathered heads visible at either end. The side elevation features a full-height grooved hollow pilaster at the front corner, while the rest and the rear are constructed of yellow brick with ashlar dressings. The Banking Hall has a large Venetian window on the rear elevation, and the side elevations display cross-framed windows with cornice heads. Due to the sloping ground on this side, there is a lower storey finished in Pennant stone that houses the bank vaults.

The interior of the ground floor has been altered at the front, but the rear Banking Hall remains intact with a low segmentally vaulted ceiling.