Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
The Old Bank
Montgomery, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Montgomery, Powys, designated on 19 July 1950.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 19 July 1950
- Town
- Montgomery
- Community
- Montgomery
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.56010, -3.14866
- Cadw reference
- 7938
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 1637 map "Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 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)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 165 Montgomery (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated in terraced row to left of Compton House.
History
Town house, former bank with later C18 brick exterior and doorcase, but of earlier origin as indicated by beams in cellar. Owned and occupied in 1839 by Elizabeth Lloyd. The ground floor was altered c. 1900 when the house became the North & South Wales Bank, later the Midland Bank. The N & S Wales Bank is listed in Market Place in 1880 directory. As shown in late C19 photograph, the ground floor had three windows and the present door, the outer windows were aligned with those above, the inner window to right of the door in the centre.
Exterior
Town house and former bank. Red brick laid in Flemlish bond with dentilled brick eaves and slate roof with brick end stacks. Three storeys, three bays with gauged brick flat heads to upper windows, 6-pane to top floor, 12-pane to first floor. Ground floor of late C19 stucco, with deep fascia under first floor sill course and channelled walling below level of ground floor window heads. Modern transomed window to left of doorway and wide modern 3-light transomed window to right. Door is original, up three steps with iron rail on twisted uprights, the lower two steps semi-circular. Late Georgian doorcase of thin panelled pilasters, panelled lintel and open pediment on fluted consoles with roundels, framing fan-fluted blind fanlight. Modern door 6-panel door, two glazed. Cellar window to left, in stucco plinth.
Stone setts in front.
Interior
Not inspected, said to have two earlier ovolo-moulded stopped and chamfered ceiling beams in cellar.
Reason for designation
Included for its special historic interest as a substantial later C18 town house with some good contemporary detail, notwithstanding alterations to ground floor.
Nearby in the register
- Compton HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Tan-y-castellDomesticunder 1 mi
- The ArmouryDomesticunder 1 mi
- Broad Street FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.