Lloyd's Bank is a Grade II listed building in the Torfaen local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 9 January 1974. House.

Lloyd's Bank

WRENN ID
brooding-mantel-solstice
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Torfaen
Constituency
Torfaen MP: Nick Thomas-Symonds (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
9 January 1974
Type
House
Address
Lloyd's Bank, Pontypool, Pontymoile
OS grid reference
SO 282 008
Coordinates
51.70197, -3.04034
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Lloyd's Bank is an Italianate building from the High Victorian period, featuring two storeys and four bays. Originally, it had a basement, which has since been blocked up to serve as a bank vault. The structure is constructed from yellowish limestone ashlar, possibly Bath stone, with some grey limestone used in the arch squinches and plinth. The exterior is mostly smooth ashlar, accented by vermiculated long and short quoins, rusticated window surrounds on the ground floor, and rock-faced infill around the squinches of the ground floor window heads, along with a rock-faced plinth.

The ground floor showcases four arched openings, consisting of three windows on the left and a door on the right. One of the left-hand windows has been lengthened to accommodate a cash machine, which disrupts the plinth. The windows feature plate glass with separate fanlights, while the door is panelled and topped with a radiating fanlight. A cornice separates the ground and first floors. The first floor is primarily smooth ashlar, except for the quoins, and includes four arched windows with marginal glazing and drip moulds, along with a frieze, cornice, and a plain parapet. Although the roof is not visible from the front, it can be seen from the side and is covered in Welsh slate. The side elevation is made of squared rubble laid in narrow courses, with some ashlar dressings and arched windows on the ground floor, plus one visible chimney stack.

Inside, the Banking Hall has been modified with modern bank fittings and a false ceiling, but the main room likely retains much of its original character, although it can only be partially viewed.

Local climate

Lloyd's Bank receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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