26-28 High Street 3,000 SF of Office Space Available in Warwick CV34 4BE

The refurbished building known as “Bank” at 26-28 on Warwick’s High Street is one of the town’s most iconic properties currently available as a part furnished or fully furnished office, with alternative retail or leisure use considered. Purpose built in 1922 for the National Provincial in the golden age of banking architecture in a neo-Georgian style, the buildings design reflects the bank next to Wrens St James Church in Piccadilly, which has been described as a “Wrenaissance Revival”. The buildings symmetrical exterior uses elegant white stone work contrasting the red brick, offering a prominent entrance with large feature windows that lead up towards ornamental stonework on the parapet roof. The interior of the building also exudes many original period features including panelling, parquet flooring, plaster cornice and coving in the main banking hall and former mangers office, that highlight the eighteen feet high ceiling. A sympathetic extension has internal balconies overlooking the ground floor area with a further mezzanine floor add space with floor to ceiling windows, whilst retaining the open feel of the original banking hall with a huge Murano glass chandelier taking centre stage. Huge windows to three sides of the building flood the space with natural daylight, whilst stairs lead to a separate toilet level and the former bank’s vault with a huge solid door and two large furnished meeting rooms named Decimal and Sterling and tea, coffee and water station in the breakout area. The toilets are also themed with bank note wallpaper and King and Queen mirrors. There is a small car park with access from Swan Street and numerous car parks nearby in the town centre and at the nearby race course. The property would suit any client facing business that wants to promote a high spec professional but uniquely different image. The county town of Warwick sits upon the River Avon and has been inhabited since the 6th century. Warwick school lays claim to the oldest boys school in the country, founded circa 914. In medieval times town walls were erected, of which the East and Westgate can still be seen. Warwick Castle, built in 1068, by William the Conqueror, has evolved from fortress to country house to one of the country’s leading tourist attractions. The Castle forms a perfect backdrop for outdoor concerts and events and boasts in excess of half a million visitors per annum. The castle also now offers accommodation and glamping options means around 20,000 overnights stays a year just a couple of minutes from the property with the potential of a significant tourist trade in addition to growing local population of over 30,000. Nearby Stratford upon Avon makes the area a ‘must do’ for foreign tourists setting visitor figures for the county into the millions and one of the countries most visited locations outside the capital. The castle was strategically sited because of the transportation links offered by the River Avon and Fosse Way. Nowadays the Midland Motorway network, Birmingham Airport and Warwick and Warwick Parkway railway stations offer the modern day equivalent of convenient links across the country and to the capital. Warwick’s central location has attracted many high profile companies such as Bridgestone, Calor, IBM, Jet, The National Grid and Volvo UK with the county home to big name employers such as Aston Martin, Eon, JLR, Rolls Royce and TNT. Warwick boasts a mixture of fine architecture from the Tudor period and the 17th century. The town’s historic buildings have featured in many period dramas, such as Pride and Prejudice, and together with the surrounding Warwickshire countryside formed an idyllic backdrop for the BBC series Dangerfield. The current TV series Shakespeare and Hathaway is also filmed in the town and Warwick Racecourse has a number of televised meetings throughout the year.