Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Barclays Bank
Bala, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Bala, Gwynedd, designated on 19 October 1951.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 19 October 1951
- Community
- Bala
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.91010, -3.59880
- Cadw reference
- 4911
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 136 Bala (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
On the street-line.
History
Late C18 or early C19 house and shop with mid C19 stucco facade. This was the home of Thomas Charles, one of the founders of the British and Foreign Bible Society in 1804. Charles (1755-1814) was also an education pioneer and an early champion of the Welsh Sunday Schools. He has two statues in the town. Since 1920 the building has been a bank.
Exterior
Three-storey house and commercial premises of rubble with later stucco facade; slate roof and large flanking rubble chimneys. Three-bay elevation with modern bank openings to ground floor. The first and second floor windows have Victorian 6-pane sashes with projecting stucco keyblocks and lintels. The 2nd storey windows additionally have moulded stucco architraves; moulded stringcourse between the floors, and a moulded cornice and parapet to the roofline.
Interior
The interior was not inspected at the time of survey.
Reason for designation
Listed as a late Georgian former house and shop retaining fine mid C19 stucco facade, and for its special historic interest as the home of Thomas Charles, one of the founders of the British and Foreign Bible Society and pioneer of the Welsh Sunday Schools.
Nearby in the register
- 72 High StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- Cwpwrdd Cornel CafeCommercialunder 1 mi
- Siop Bapur NewyddCommercialunder 1 mi
- E.J. Theodore, IronmongerCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.