Royal Bank of Scotland, Grade II-listed building in Huddersfield town centre is a very handsome property with many admirers

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One of Huddersfield town centre's most impressive buildings, the former Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), is up for sale with a £450,000 price tag.

Last year NatWest Group, which owns RBS, revealed that the branch in Market Place would close on March 29 and be sold off. It submitted planning applications for listed building consent to remove the ATM cash machine, night safe and signage and reinstate any stone cladding or window frames as necessary.

The Grade II-listed building dates from the early 19th century and is an end terraced building that benefits from an additional frontage onto Market Walk.

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In its prospectus, Leeds property consultants barkerproudlove, which is marketing the property, says: "The ground floor contains a banking hall, cashiers area and office. The first floor contains a mixture of small and larger open plan offices, WCs and a small kitchen. "The second-floor comprises former office space and third-floor attic has been mothballed. The basement contains a saferoom, stores, WCs and a staffroom/kitchen."

Yesterday (Weds), an open day was held for potential vendors and an insider estate agent who knows the area well said interest had been strong with many investors anxious to find out more.

One of Huddersfield's best-known local historians, Chris Marsden, said: "This must be the longest-serving purpose-built banking building in Huddersfield. The architect was William Cocking (1817-1874) for the West Riding Union Banking Company in 1863-4.

"It has very fine exterior stone carving (like Cocking's Eddison's offices and auction house of 1872 on High Street). It used to have a stone parapet with urns (like Cocking's Britannia Buildings of 1859)."

And it's not the only bank up for sale. Estate agents ADM are marketing Lloyds Bank positioned on the corner of Market Street and George Street, Milnsbridge, with a price tag of £175,000.

A further Lloyds bank is expected to go up for sale next year when its branch in Slaithwaite closes at the end of January.

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