Former National Westminster Bank

Former National Westminster Bank, 16, The Plain, Thornbury, BS35 2BD

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1312559
Date first listed:
17-Dec-1984
List Entry Name:
Former National Westminster Bank
Statutory Address:
Former National Westminster Bank, 16, The Plain, Thornbury, BS35 2BD
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Date:
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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1312559
Date first listed:
17-Dec-1984
List Entry Name:
Former National Westminster Bank
Statutory Address 1:
Former National Westminster Bank, 16, The Plain, Thornbury, BS35 2BD

The scope of legal protection for listed buildings

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Corrections and minor amendments

The scope of legal protection for listed buildings

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
Former National Westminster Bank, 16, The Plain, Thornbury, BS35 2BD

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:
South Gloucestershire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Thornbury
National Grid Reference:
ST 63655 90191

Details

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 17 June 2025 to amend the name and address and to reformat the text to current standards

ST 6390
4/104

THORNBURY
THE PLAIN (west side)
No 16, Former National Westminster Bank

(Formerly listed as No 16 (National Westminster Bank))


GV
II
Circa 1860. Italianate. Ashlar, chanelled rustication on ground floor, quoins. Hipped slate roof, overhanging bracketted eaves. Decorative frieze. Ashlar stacks with cornices. Two storeys. Three windows, three- and one-light marginal glazing bar sashes with architraves and hoods on brackets. Ground floor: three-light round and segmental headed windows in slightly advanced bays with balustrade above. Central panelled door between panelled pilasters and plain entablature above. To right (north) is an attached rendered, two storey wing. Hipped slate roof. One glazing bar sash window and panel containing date 1706 surmounted by Stafford badge? Possibly part of earlier public house.

Listing NGR: ST6365590191

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
35008
Legacy System:
LBS

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

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