Building record 1202700000 - BEDFORD HOUSE, 34 MARKET SQUARE

Grade II. C18 early, 2 storeys and attic, red brick, projecting stone plinth stuccoed. The front is divided into 7 bays by 8 shallow brick pilasters with the bed mould of the cornice broken round each, heavy moulded eaves cornice, old tile roof. 3 wood pedimented dormer windows arranged symmetrically in roof, the centre one having a curved pediment. 6 windows in plain reveals on 1st floor and centre recessed brick panel with cut brick semi-circular arch inside the rectangle with moulded brick brackets at springing and moulded key. 5 windows and 2 doorways on ground floor. Centre doorcase renewed, wide moulded architrave and plain surround, cornice and pediment, modern oak door. The house is set back from the pavement and has had railings which were removed for salvage during the last war.
Nos 32 to 36 (even) form a group (B1).
Set slightly back on the E side of Market Square, Bedford House (now Barclays Bank, No.34), early C18, of seven bays and two storeys, red brick with giant pilasters, a heavily moulded eaves cornice and three dormer windows in the roof, two with steep triangular pediments, one with a steep segmental one. Doorway with a pediment and a blank arched panel above it (B2).