Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Barclays Bank
Machynlleth, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Machynlleth, Powys, designated on 19 November 1990.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 19 November 1990
- Community
- Machynlleth
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.59046, -3.85359
- Cadw reference
- 8489
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 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)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 149 Barmouth (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Immediately to S of the Clock Tower, facing up Maengwyn Street.
History
Probably ca 1800 building refronted in later Cl9.
Exterior
3-storey, 3-window painted scribed render front with rusticated quoins; windows offset to right. Slate roof, red brick end chimney stacks; wide bracket eaves almost forming a parapet. Deeply lugged architraves and bracket cills to 2nd floor. Continuous string course to lst floor stepped up to form labels; small volutes to cills; 4-pane sashes to both floors. Overall cornice to channel rusticated ground floor with band over the fluted keystones and at impost level. 5 round arched headed openings to ground floor including doorway to right of centre; partly infilled to right with cash dispenser. Whitewashed rear with similar sash windows.
Section of iron railings to the front now detached from building; gates to centre.
Modern banking hall.
Reason for designation
Group value.
Nearby in the register
- 1 Heol PenralltCommercialunder 1 mi
- No. 6 including The PharmacyCommercialunder 1 mi
- Clock TowerGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- The Principality, Maldwyn HouseCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.