The Old Bank (NatWest)

The Old Bank, formerly known as NatWest, is a Grade II listed building featuring a rendered and painted street elevation that has lost its original stuccoed decorations, such as cornices and a balustraded parapet. The building dates from the early 18th century and has a natural slate roof. The street elevation spans the width of two plots and consists of seven bays arranged in a 2 + 3 + 2 configuration, with projecting end wings. There is a stucco band above the central windows and framed side wings.

A central Tuscan pilastered porch is flanked by 19th-century iron railings. The porch features an arch with an elliptical keyed head, a frieze with the relief lettering 'OLD BANK', and a projecting cornice. The windows are plain sash types without glazing bars. The building now has a cornice and a plain parapet, with the roof not visible from the street.

At the rear, the building comprises a U-shaped structure from the early 18th century, with rendered stone walls and a slate roof. To the northwest, there is a lower structure that was once a separate building but now houses the main staircase. The square U-shaped portion of the rear elevation has two gabled projecting wings with timber ogee Gothic surrounds around the window openings. The stair gable features a 24-pane window, while the left gable has a paired 9 over 6 pane sash window, above which is a 4-light mullion-and-transom multi-paned window, and above that, a Gothic ogee light in the gable. Further to the left is a paired 6 over 6 sash window on the ground floor, with a modern addition behind it that includes a set-back lean-to and a gable. The rear also has visible slate roofs and no visible chimneys.

The interior was completely reconstructed in 1977-1978, with only the main staircase, dating from the early to mid-19th century, remaining. This staircase features an elegant design with straight balusters and a wooden handrail. The ground floor banking hall is now a plain modern space. The recorded barrel-vaulted cellar, which has an old iron vault door with slots for a locking bolt, is believed to still exist.