Listing Text

KEYNSHAM

ST6568 HIGH STREET
739-1/4/43 (West side)
19/06/75 No.20
The Old Bank Public House

GV II

Bank, now public house. Early C19 with mid C20 alterations.
Colourwashed render, brick and ashlar dressings to
ground-floor, asbestos slate roof.
PLAN: double-depth plan.
EXTERIOR: 2-storey; 4-window range. Symmetrical front to
street with end pilasters, cornice and blind parapet.
Ground-floor has 5 round-headed openings, that to the left
with late C20 door, the rest with small-pane metal windows and
recessed mid C20 brick panels under sills; the 3 central
windows have keystones, right-hand window formerly a doorway.
First floor has C20 metal unit sashes and external shutters.
Some original sash glazing survives on the rear elevation
including a round-arched stair-light with margin glazing.
INTERIOR: there is no internal evidence of the original room
layout or any architectural details of note. Forms a group
with adjoining Archway and Conservative Club (qqv).
(Lowe B and Whitehead M: The Changing Face of Keynsham in Old
Photographs: Stroud: 1994-: 63).

Listing NGR: ST6537868777