Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
National Westminster Bank
Brecon, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Brecon, Powys, designated on 16 December 1976.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 16 December 1976
- Town
- Brecon
- Community
- Brecon
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.94839, -3.39171
- Cadw reference
- 6921
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1856 · 42. Brecon. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 213 Brecon (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Immediately to L of market entrance.
History
A bank since it was built, around 1840. The present site was acquired by the Brecon Branch of the National Provincial Bank Ltd in 1840. The stone ground floor dates from 1927. 1970s list description recorded alterations to cornice ongoing in 1973.
Exterior
Bank. Three storey, three-bay stuccoed facade with crowning cornice. Long and short end quoins. Nine-pane sash windows on second floor; 12-pane sashes on first floor. On ground floor, early C20 bathstone bank front; doorway to L, and 2 large windows all with moulded architraves.
Reason for designation
Earlier C19 bank retaining its character with strong Group Value with adjacent listed buildings in the historic centre of Brecon.
Nearby in the register
- 26 High Street SuperiorDomesticunder 1 mi
- 28 High Street SuperiorCommercialunder 1 mi
- 25 High Street SuperiorCommercialunder 1 mi
- Punch Bowl Public HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.