Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
19/06/1990
Date of Amendment
19/06/1990
Name of Property
Midland Bank
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Location
On the street line by the W end of Mill Street.
History
l924. Classical bank by Woolfall and Eccles of Liverpool on the site of the Angel Inn. The building superceded the "Old Merionethshire Bank" building in Lombard Street.
Exterior
2 storey, snecked masonry, freestone dressings. Steep slate roof hipped to corner. Low eaves parapet on plain cornice.
Ashlar canted corner entrance bay. Open pediment on broad sunk panelled pilasters to lst floor. Inset l2 pane horned sash window. Cornice over moulded architrave with keystone. Sill brackets. Similar windows without cornice set between snecked pilasters to 4 window Eldon Square elevation and 3 window elevation towards Mill Street.
Continuous modillion cornice with plain entablature over ground floors. Round arched hood on plain pilasters to entrance. Plain fanlight over double 6 panel doors. Channelled quoins. 4 tall round arched windows set between snecked pilasters to Eldon Square. Moulded hoods, keystones, sill band. Marginal glazing bars over opaque rectangular panel. 2 similar windows towards Mill Street. Doorway to extreme left. Occulus over moulded doorcase with cornice. Panelled door.
Reason for designation
Group value.
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