Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
4039
Building Number
270
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
27/05/1949
Date of Amendment
02/08/1988
Name of Property
Alliance & Leicester Building Society
Address
270 High Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Bangor
Town
Locality
Easting
258283
Northing
372137
Street Side
Location
Detached almost opposite the junction with Garth Road; Plasllwyd Terrace to left.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Built ca1849.
Exterior
3-storey 6-window (3 pairs) ashlar front. Quoins, cill bands, ground floor cornice and plinth; channelled ground floor to Bank. Slate roof, bracket eaves and cement render chimney stacks. Sash windows to 1st and 2nd floors, some 12-pane but mostly with glazing bars removed to lower sashes. The Bank has a classical porch to far left with parapet, open-pediment, tapered pilaster sand lugged architrave - steps up to panelled double doors with scrolled ornament and lettering over - "Bank established 1836". Modern bank windows and modern building society shop front. Some of the contemporary cast-iron railings retained.
Rendered left side with small attic windows and some sash windows; flat roof 2-storey extension at rear and similar extension to right side. Cement rendered right side and rear with grilled small pane sash windows; modern dormers at rear.
Interior
Reason for designation
Group value with Lloyds Bank and the Clock Tower.
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