Barclay's Bank is a Grade II listed building in the Neath Port Talbot local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 5 January 1989. Dwelling.
Barclay's Bank
- WRENN ID
- nether-pilaster-russet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Neath Port Talbot
- Constituency
- Neath and Swansea East MP: Carolyn Harris (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 5 January 1989
- Type
- Dwelling
- OS grid reference
- SS 752 976
- Coordinates
- 51.66341, -3.80577
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Barclay's Bank is a three-storey building featuring a five-bay ashlar front with rounded corners. It has steeply pitched slate roofs and tall chimneys topped with corniced caps and necking bands. The outer bays have balustraded parapets that return to the side elevations. A modillion cornice sits above a plain frieze, and there are moulded architraves throughout.
The outer bays are distinguished by half-round Corinthian columns that rise from bases at the first-floor sill level. The second floor has moulded shouldered architraves framing two-light windows, with sash windows flanking central mullions. The first floor features cross windows with inset sashes and moulded architraves. Triangular pediments adorn the centre and outer bays, each with balustraded balconies, while flat labels are present above the other windows.
The right end elevation has similar detailing and consists of two bays. The ground floor has a plain entablature over a channelled surface with a plinth. The advanced outer bays are accented by Ionic quarter columns at the angles, with the centre bays featuring round-arched windows framed by rusticated architraves, stressed quoins, and a continuous impost band. A sill band is also present, although it has modern glazing. The central doorway is flanked by Ionic half columns on bases, with cavetto reveals and a fanlight above a modern name board that sits over panelled double doors.
Local climate
Barclay's Bank sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,380 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2009
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