The Barclays Bank building is a four-storey locally listed building overlooking the historic crossroads in the town centre of Sutton in the south London Borough of Sutton. It was built in 1894, originally as the London and Provincial Bank. It’s located roughly 100 metres from a Sutton train station where a 17 year old was recently stabbed to death. A week after the fatal stabbing, another stabbing occurred in the exact same location.
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The building is four storeys in height, of ornate design and in the French renaissance style.[4] It forms a prominent landmark when arriving in the town centre. There is a series of arches at ground level within rusticated stonework. The main entrance is on the corner where the two roads meet, rounded in shape and surrounded by an ornate architrave and segmental pediment, which together serve to create a sense of importance for the bank.[2]
The second storey has fluted columns and simple cross windows. The windows, columns and dentil on the third storey are surrounded by decorative carvings. The attic is on the fourth storey and set within a decorative, balustradedparapet under which there is a decorative frieze.[2]