Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Britannia Building Society
Bridgend, Bridgend, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 29 September 1986
- Community
- Bridgend
- Unitary authority
- Bridgend
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.50684, -3.57984
- Cadw reference
- 15679
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
Facing up Market Street.
History
Early C19 with later alterations.
Exterior
Terraced pair of classical 3-storey, 2-window scribed stucco frontages, broader to left. Overall balustraded parapet, moulded cornice and plain entablature; slate roofs, roughcast and brick chimney stacks. Bays divided by pilaster strips (altered bases); 12-pane sash windows with 2nd floor cill band. Modern shop fronts.
Reason for designation
Group value.
Nearby in the register
- Astley Samuel LeederCommercialunder 1 mi
- Clay TravelCommercialunder 1 mi
- Dunraven ArcadeDomesticunder 1 mi
- War MemorialCommemorativeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.