A planning application to convert the former NatWest bank in Corwen into holiday accommodation has been submitted to Denbighshire planners.

The bank ceased operating in 2015 and has lain empty ever since.

The building, which opened in 1928, was designed in the mock Tudor style popular at the time – sometimes referred to as Stockbrokers' Tudor,

The Corwen building was constructed using a timber frame, the double height banking hall sitting on a stone plinth with a Lakeland split-stone roof.

This hall is lit by full height mullioned windows and the walls are clad with oak dado panelling, with the ceiling divided into a coffered arrangement with decorative cornicing and vine leaf scrolls.

The western end of the building houses two storeys of offices and staff rooms while the eastern end has an entrance porch and a further office.

The building, characterised by its black painted external timber frames, dominates the town’s market square.

Its appearance is completed with white infill panels and decorative barge boards to the gables and oriel window over the entrance doors.

The structure’s exterior and interior have been awarded a grade-two listing.

Following consultation with county conservation officer the owner decided the best use for the building was to convert it into short let holiday accommodation.

The external appearance of the building would remain as it is under the proposed plan.