Trustees Savings Bank is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 11 March 1981. Bank. 3 related planning applications.
Trustees Savings Bank
- WRENN ID
- lesser-bracket-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Powys
- Constituency
- Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 11 March 1981
- Type
- Bank
- Address
- Trustees Savings Bank, 2 Severn Street, Welshpool, SY21 7AB
- OS grid reference
- SJ 225 074
- Coordinates
- 52.65943, -3.14657
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Trustees Savings Bank, originally built as the Welshpool and Montgomery Savings Bank in 1863, is a notable example of a purpose-built bank. Before this building was constructed, the bank operated from a room in the Town Hall.
The structure is made of brick with a smooth rendered lower storey and decorative dressings. It features a slate roof with boldly projecting eaves and gable end stacks made of brick, topped with moulded stone caps. The building has two storeys, with a high upper storey and a three-window range, where the central bay in the upper storey is slightly advanced.
To the left, there is a doorway with double doors that have three moulded panels and an overlight above. To the right, there are two sash windows. A string course runs above the ground floor, and a narrower sill band is present for the three upper windows. These windows have recessed panelled aprons between the two bands and are four-pane sashes with finely gauged brick heads. The central window is set forward in an architrave with an entablature hood and features a balustraded balcony that projects on moulded corbels, which are inscribed with the words 'Savings Bank' on their outer faces.
Above the first floor, there is a deep frieze inscribed with the words 'Savings Bank 1863' in fine lettering, along with a projecting cornice. To the right, there is a narrow two-storey extension that includes a six-panelled doorway.
Overall, this building is an excellent and well-preserved example of a purpose-built bank.
Local climate
Trustees Savings Bank receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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