Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Barclay's Bank
Stow Hill, Newport, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 31 March 2000
- Community
- Stow Hill
- Unitary authority
- Newport
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.58741, -2.99552
- Cadw reference
- 23106
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 Corn Street.
History
1931, by Habershon and Fawckner, architects; contractor E Turner & Sons, of Cardiff.
Exterior
Early C20 bank in Classical style. Three storeys with attic behind parapet; Portland stone with channelled ground floor, on grey granite plinth. Ground floor has grey granite Doric portal to Commercial Street entrance, single window to R; 2 windows to corner, 6 windows to Corn Street. First and second floors articulated by giant order of Ionic pilasters. Curving corner bay with 2 windows, then a further 2 windows to Corn Street, beyond which is recessed section of 4 bays with free-standing Ionic columns; 2 windows to each bay; a further 2 windows beyond this. East elevation initially returns in same style, but is completed more simply in yellow brick.
Interior
Banking hall in Classical style; Roman Doric pillars and columns; ceiling with deep recesses with Doric detailing.
Reason for designation
High quality bank building on important corner site.
Nearby in the register
- 13 Commercial StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- Westgate Chambers/Westgate Buildings (Nos.170-173 Consecutive)Commercialunder 1 mi
- 174 Commercial StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- Woolwich Building SocietyCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.