[JB] Commercial building (originally Lloyds Bank) in stripped 'Wrenaissance' style, 1926.  Stone clad. Two storeys and attics.  Five bays wide, the three centre bays defined by giant pilasters.  Entrances to left and right, the entrance to the banking hall grander.  Over it a cartouche supported by putti.  A good example of bank architecture of its date, designed to create an impression of stability and tradition without being utterly old-fashioned. [JB] ERO D/B 6 Pb3/4466, 1925, building plan of bank) (missing), Lloyds Ltd. (owner), H. Munro Cautley (architect), W.H. Ross (builder). (H M Cautley also designed Lloyds Bank, Clacton, 1922.) Ref. in 'Essex' (Pevsner/Bettley 2007, 283). Good proportions of window heights on the three floors, in relation to each other; decreasing height. Nos 25-31 form a group, of which nos 28-30 are listed buildings.