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
8489
Building Number
4
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
19/11/1990
Date of Amendment
19/11/1990
Name of Property
Barclays Bank
Address
4 Heol Pentrehedyn
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Machynlleth
Town
Locality
Easting
274530
Northing
300798
Street Side
Location
Immediately to S of the Clock Tower, facing up Maengwyn Street.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
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.
Interior
Reason for designation
Group value.
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