History

Town house, former bank with later C18 brick exterior and doorcase, but of earlier origin as indicated by beams in cellar. Owned and occupied in 1839 by Elizabeth Lloyd. The ground floor was altered c. 1900 when the house became the North & South Wales Bank, later the Midland Bank. The N & S Wales Bank is listed in Market Place in 1880 directory. As shown in late C19 photograph, the ground floor had three windows and the present door, the outer windows were aligned with those above, the inner window to right of the door in the centre.

Exterior

Town house and former bank. Red brick laid in Flemlish bond with dentilled brick eaves and slate roof with brick end stacks. Three storeys, three bays with gauged brick flat heads to upper windows, 6-pane to top floor, 12-pane to first floor. Ground floor of late C19 stucco, with deep fascia under first floor sill course and channelled walling below level of ground floor window heads. Modern transomed window to left of doorway and wide modern 3-light transomed window to right. Door is original, up three steps with iron rail on twisted uprights, the lower two steps semi-circular. Late Georgian doorcase of thin panelled pilasters, panelled lintel and open pediment on fluted consoles with roundels, framing fan-fluted blind fanlight. Modern door 6-panel door, two glazed. Cellar window to left, in stucco plinth.

Stone setts in front.

Interior

Not inspected, said to have two earlier ovolo-moulded stopped and chamfered ceiling beams in cellar.

Reasons for Listing

Included for its special historic interest as a substantial later C18 town house with some good contemporary detail, notwithstanding alterations to ground floor.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29486842

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)