Possibly the finest terracotta building in Aberystwyth is W H Smith, formerly the offices of the Cambrian News, by Thomas Morgan (Post Office and Bethel).
Semicircular window in the first floor that we first saw in J Arthur Jones' building opposite the railway station
Opposite, note the distinctive semicircular window in the first floor that we first saw in J Arthur Jones' building opposite the railway station.
The junction of Terrace Road and Great Darkgate Street forms Bank Square, the centre of the present town. Barclays Bank was originally the London & Provincial Bank of 1904-6. It has a Portland stone palazzo with curved corner, typical of banks since the 1850s, but with some English Baroque detail to give its actual date away.
White-cladded art-deco style betrays the building as a former Burton's store
Opposite, the distinctive white-cladded art-deco style betrays the building as a former Burton's store!
The buildings on the other two corners are characteristic Edwardian corner buildings, Laura Ashley's with a spirelet; Siop y Pethe with red brick Dutch gables and a cupola.
Proceed towards the railway station
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