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
14846
Building Number
397
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
09/09/1994
Date of Amendment
09/09/1994
Name of Property
Midland Bank
Address
397 Abergele Road
Location
Unitary Authority
Conwy
Community
Old Colwyn
Town
Locality
Easting
286877
Northing
378274
Street Side
N
Location
On the corner of Cefn Road.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Built in 1912 as the London City and Midland Bank Ltd by Woolfall and Eccles, architects, of Liverpool.
Exterior
Ashlar, with rusticated plinth and outer pilasters. Hipped slate roof. Single storeyed, with angled corner and 3-window range to Cefn Road, 2 window range to Abergele Road, and entrance across angle. Channelled ashlar to this angle, which is surmounted by a high pediment. Round-arched entrance with continuous outer band of stylised foliate moulding, and scrolled keystone. Moulded brackets and festoons to frieze above. Windows in the return elevations to either side are also round-arched, and are recessed in moulded architraves with plain keystones, between Tuscan pilasters. Moulded band below plan frieze, modillion cornice and balustraded parapet.
Interior
Reason for designation
A good example of a small, early C20 bank building, which is part of a significant group of commercial buildings at the centre of Old Colwyn.
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