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Midland Bank

A Grade II Listed Building in Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taff

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.7124 / 51°42'44"N

Longitude: -3.4433 / 3°26'35"W

OS Eastings: 300378

OS Northings: 202504

OS Grid: SO003025

Mapcode National: GBR HL.36MC

Mapcode Global: VH6D3.87J3

Plus Code: 9C3RPH64+XM

Entry Name: Midland Bank

Listing Date: 10 January 1991

Last Amended: 10 January 1991

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 10839

Building Class: Commercial

ID on this website: 300010839

Location: Near the junction with Bute Street.

County: Rhondda Cynon Taff

Community: Aberdare (Aberdâr)

Community: Aberdare East

Built-Up Area: Aberdare

Traditional County: Glamorgan

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History

Built c.l857 by W B Gingell; architect of Bristol; classical style. Built as the West of England and South Wales Bank which was taken over by the National Bank of Wales in 1879 which eventually became part of Midland in 1914.

Exterior

3-storey, 5-bay snecked rubble front with bull nosed quoins and freestone dressings except for quoins and ground floor architraves. Deep dentil cornice, panelled frieze with roundel ornament, sill bands and window architraves, keystones and bracket sills. Sash windows with marginal glazing bars; camber headed to 2nd floor, square headed to lst floor with cambered architraves and cornices. Bracketed stone balconies to lst floor - ironwork removed. Semi-circular arched ground floor windows with pointed architraves. Round arched central entrance with architrave lugged to base; freestone frame to top with recessed roundel to spandrels; 6-panel door. Window to left of door altered by insertion of night safe. Modern fascia attached to lst floor sill.

Formerly had ironwork railings to forecourt walls.

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