Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Barclay's Bank
Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, designated on 12 March 1992.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 12 March 1992
- Community
- Llanelli
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.68306, -4.16129
- Cadw reference
- 11969
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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)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1920 · Sheet 100. Llanelly. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1963 · Map No. 4 - Local Government Commission for Wales : [Definitive maps showing proposed… (National Library of Scotland)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated on street line towards northern end of street.
Exterior
Circa 1870 bank building in grey rock-faced rubble stone with Bath stone dressings, slate roof and end stacks. Large 3-storey 6-window facade in mixed Italianate style. Moulded ashlar plinth, first floor band, plain second floor band and dentilled cornice on paired cym-moulded brackets between window heads. Flush sill bands. Ground floor has doors each side and 4 windows between in raised channelled surrounds arched over windows and slightly pointed to extrados with triple keystones. Windows have bracketed sills, 2 have been raised and all have modern glazing. Doorways are tall with modern doors, and plain fanlights. Doorcases have ashlar panelled spandrels above under cornice projecting from first floor band.
First floor has margin glazed sashes in ashlar surrounds with segmental-arched cornices and window head cut away in similar arch but with heavy scrolled keystone. Jambs have raised blocks at base, mid-height and top. Raised sills on plain blocks. Smaller similar sashes to second floor with similar sills and jambs and chamfering back of window head but here to leave keystone flush. Window head has shallow pointed upper part reaching through base of entablature to base of dentilled cornice.
Reason for designation
Bank is recorded on site in 1879 when it was the London and Provincial Bank, but may not have been built as such. A good example of mid Victorian bank architecture, Italianate but influenced by the bold detailing of High Victorian Gothic.
Group value.
Nearby in the register
- 20 Vaughan St / Bridge StDomesticunder 1 mi
- 22 Vaughan St / Bridge StDomesticunder 1 mi
- Llanelly HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Llanelly HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.