Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
National Bank Ltd
Castle, Swansea, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 30 March 1987
- Locality
- Swansea
- Community
- Castle
- Unitary authority
- Swansea
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.61958, -3.94035
- Cadw reference
- 11658
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 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
On corner with Green Dragon Lane.
History
Probably early C19, later attic and ground floor.
Exterior
2 window classical stucco front with end pilasters and dentil cornice over 2nd floor. Attic cornice and parapet, with centre tablet; end pilasters, later C19 sash windows. Left hand panel of main frieze inscribed "This is a joint pine end". Moulded architraves to 1st and 2nd floor windows, cornices with volute brackets over 1st, sashes without glazing bars.
Elaborate ashlar bank frontages inserted ca 1930 in Greek Revival style. Lion mask cornice over entablature, twin fluted columns in antis with acanthus capitals to wide ground floor openings, recessed bay window treatment to metal glazing and stall risers; key patterns to cill bands. Disc ornament and elongated key pattern to pilasters, splayed corner entrance with disc architrave and bracket cornice, double bronze doors.
Interior
Good enriched ceiling with wreaths and guilloche bands in banking hall, panelled counters etc.
Reason for designation
Group value.
Nearby in the register
- Liverpool Victoria Insurance Offices Including "Cane Connection" ShopCommercialunder 1 mi
- National Bank LtdCommercialunder 1 mi
- 6 Wind StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- Old Post Office Building (Now Post Office Sorting Office)Communicationsunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.