Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
National Westminster Bank
Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 18 February 1994
- Community
- Pembroke Dock
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.69302, -4.94298
- Cadw reference
- 14363
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
Situated in mixed terraced row running N from Zion Chapel.
History
Later C19 former National Provincial Bank which first opened at 52 Bush Street and was later in premises in Meyrick Street (once used by Walters' Bank) and later this building was purpose-built.
Exterior
Painted stucco with slate roof and stucco end stacks. One dormer. Three-storey four-window range, with moulded cornices over upper floors and parapet. Plate-glass sashes, with moulded architraves and cornices to first floor, plain above.
Ground floor has full-width frontage with fascia and cornice between heavy scrolled brackets on panelled pilasters. Door to left and three plate-glass windows with top-lights. Doorway has mathcing pilaster to right, and pilasters are set on pedestals to sill-level of windows, sunk panels below windows. 6-panel door, tall overlight with cast-iron lattice grille. Windows are broad with top-lights, two slim cast-iron columns between, and matching outer pilasters, carrying quadrant brackets framing top-lights.
Interior
Interior altered.
Reason for designation
Included for strong character of bank frontage.
Nearby in the register
- Western TelegraphDomesticunder 1 mi
- 17-21 (odd) Meyrick StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- Forecourt, Railings, Piers and GatesReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Zion Free ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.