Full Report for Listed Buildings


The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.

Summary Description


Reference Number
10494
Building Number
14  
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
14/04/1992  
Date of Amendment
 
Name of Property
Lloyds Bank  
Address
14 High Street  

Location


Unitary Authority
Ceredigion  
Community
Cardigan  
Town
 
Locality
 
Easting
217745  
Northing
246090  
Street Side
 
Location
Situated on street line towards north end of High Street.  

Description


Broad Class
Commercial  
Period
 

History
1888-9 bank, built for Brecon Old Bank by George Morgan and Son of Carmarthen.  

Exterior
Red brick and Bath stone large 3-storey, 2-window range with slate roof and no stacks. Ground floor is ashlar-fronted with corniced fascia right across, between paired brackets; 7-bay range of doors and windows each with moulded depressed-arched head and 2-light mullioned overlight, the lights moulded with curved upper angles and stained glass. Modern doors and windows reversing the original arrangement. Centre door has plain ashlar tympanum inscribed 'Established 1782 Bank'. Upper floors are red brick with ashlar cornice between floors and ashlar window tracery to tripartite sashes, moulded frames, with curved angles to each light. Sashes are framed by raised brick piers and there are similar angle piers with cornice and smaller eaves cornice broken forward over each pier. First floor left window was replaced ca1900 by big painted timber canted oriel with sashes, pilaster piers and panelled frieze to cornice. Iron flower balcony above. Original cast iron downpipes each side of facade, cut through cornices. Old photographs show brick end stacks and panelled doors.  

Interior
Interior banking hall wholly altered.  

Reason for designation
 

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