Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
National Westminster Bank (including Nos.2 & 4 Cambrian Road)
Stow Hill, Newport, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 2 May 1980
- Community
- Stow Hill
- Unitary authority
- Newport
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.58807, -2.99732
- Cadw reference
- 3023
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 of High Street and Bridge Street.
History
1892 by C R Gribble; alterations circa 1906; The Grecian roof line and corner entrance are remodellings of circa 1914.
Exterior
Two storey Classical bank building. Bathstone on granite plinth. Balustraded parapet, dentil cornice, acanthus frieze. Entrance in convex corner bay; granite portal flanked by paired Doric columns supporting entablature with frieze with laurels etc; window over doorway; on first floor central window flanked by smaller windows. High Street elevation of 9 windows; pilasters to upper floor, half-columns to ground floor. Central bay stressed by Grecian roof line. Masks to ground floor keystones. Bridge Street elevation of 7 windows has central doorway with granite portal; semi-circular arched window above. Windows at 2 levels on ground floor.
Interior
Fine interior with polychrome tile work to wall dado; polychrome marble pilasters above; polychrome tiled barley sugar columns.
Reason for designation
Good bank building on key town centre site with fine interior. Group value with attached buildings to N on High Street.
Nearby in the register
- Pedestal & Statue of Sir Charles MorganCommemorativeunder 1 mi
- 34&35 High StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- Lamb PHCommercialunder 1 mi
- HSBC (formerly Midland Bank)Commercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.