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
1793
Building Number
43  
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
31/01/1994  
Date of Amendment
31/01/1994  
Name of Property
Trustee Savings Bank  
Address
43 High Street  

Location


Unitary Authority
Wrexham  
Community
Offa  
Town
 
Locality
 
Easting
333523  
Northing
350198  
Street Side
 
Location
On the corner of High Street and Church Street.  

Description


Broad Class
Commercial  
Period
 

History
Bank. Built 1896-9 by J. H. Swainson of Wrexham.  

Exterior
Red sandstone ashlar faced with slate mansard roof. 3 storeys with attics, entrance across angle, with canted tower corbelled out above it. 2-window range each side. Lower openings have segmentally arched heads with keystones and are linked by continuous string course. Coved string course above the ground floor, sill bands, continuous hood moulds (incorporating pediments over the windows) and pilasters all serve to articulate the upper storeys. 2-light mullioned and transomed windows, with similar windows in the corner tower, which has round arched windows with pedimented heads in its upper stage and is surmounted by a cupola roof with fleche. Pedimented dormer windows recessed behind parapet. 2 storeyed wing to Church Street in similar, though plainer style is possibly an addition. End wall and axial stacks.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
An interesting example of late C19 commercial architecture, forming part of an important group of commercial buildings.  

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