Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
The Old Bank
Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 24 June 1991
- Community
- Llandeilo
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.88192, -3.99444
- Cadw reference
- 11173
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1860 "41. Caermathen." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated in a terrace above the W side of churchyard and overlooking StáTeilo's Church; set between No 2 on left and gable end of No l George Street to right.
History
Later Cl9 rebuilding to house banking hall linked internally to No 2 Bank Terrace (shown with different plan on l879 scale-plan of Messrs Walton and Lee, surveyors of London). Although the business has late Cl8 origins, banking latterly was conducted here by Lloyds Bank well into C20.
Exterior
2-storey and basement 3-window colourwashed render front with heavy classical detailing to ground floor. Slate roof (contiguous with No l to right), oversailing eaves. Tall 4-pane sashes, in plain reveals with painted sills and scalloped hood moulds on upper floor. 3-bay pilastered bank frontage with overall entablature, rusticated panels to frieze and aprons, rusticated key blocks. Original letter-box in bottom rail of left hand plate-glass window. Double 3-panel centre doors with rusticated panels and embossed surrounds, steps up to entrance.
Interior
Interior retains an exceptionally well-preserved banking hall and vaults, probably dating from 1889 (inscription to basement entry reads "D R Davies, April 1889"). Low relief coffered ceiling with heavily undervent foliage cornice, barred windows and internal porch with etched glazing. Fittings include panelled splays with architraves rubble chimney-pieces, tiled floor; original long mahogany desks (customer counter resited) with cupboards and incorporating basement entrance down stone steps. Three parallel brick vaults with cross-passage retaining short length of ecclesiastical Gothic screenwork and door with grille supplied by "Milners; Safe Co Ltd, London and Liverpool". Inner safe door stamped "Conwyn Ching and Co, London". Entry to vaults through large strongroom door; passageway retains ecclesiastical Gothic screen. Good detailing to upper floors includes first floor front room with undervent foliage cornice and rose.
Reason for designation
Group value; prominent location seen from town centre.
Nearby in the register
- Bank HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- 1 George HillDomesticunder 1 mi
- 3 Bank TerraceDomesticunder 1 mi
- 4 Bank TerraceDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.