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| The grand Palazzo ex Midland Bank with National School in foreground of about the same period |
Following on from the previous post of the old NatWest bank in Cardiff, this is another bank built in the
palazzo style, but this time in Aberdare. The proportions are similar with three stories and five sets of windows on each floor and was built in the same year, 1857. Unlike the Cardiff bank, this building has a façade of imported stone with Bath stone ashlar and grey Newbridge stone.
This bank was designed by Bristol architect,
William Gingell who co-incidentally worked with
T R Lysaght, the architect who designed the Cardiff building.
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| Rock faced dressed stone on the façade of the old Midland Bank |
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