Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Barclays Bank
Castle, Swansea, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Swansea, Castle, designated on 30 March 1987.
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
- 51.61926, -3.94057
- Cadw reference
- 11669
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · The fourth table of England. Cornub. Devonia, Somerset etc. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1897 · 247 Swansea (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
In a mainly Georgian group of buildings on the curve of the street rising towards the Castle. Lower buildings to sides.
Exterior
1920's. 3 storey classical frontage, polished dark granite ground floor, Portland stone upper floors. 5 bays with advanced ends. Solid parapets with swagged tablets to outer bays, balustrading to centre. Deep dentil cornice, plain frieze supported by banded pilasters, enriched Ionic portico in antis to centre. Architraved and keyblocked upper windows linked vertically by panelled aprons with husk decoration, pediments to outer 1st floor windows; glazing bars to upper sashes only. Wide frieze to high rusticated ground floor with arched openings, large keyblocked entry on left with ironwork gates and lettered tympanum.
Interior
Modernised panelled banking hall.
Reason for designation
Included for group value.
Nearby in the register
- The Coach HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- No Sign Bar & Munday's Wine MerchantsCommercialunder 1 mi
- Including Entry to Salubrious PassageCommercialunder 1 mi
- 61 Wind StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.