Full Report for Listed Buildings


The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.

Summary Description


Reference Number
10084
Building Number
5  
Grade
II*  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
28/09/1961  
Date of Amendment
25/09/1986  
Name of Property
5 Portland Place  
Address
5 Portland Place  

Location


Unitary Authority
Ceredigion  
Community
Aberaeron  
Town
 
Locality
Aberaeron  
Easting
245761  
Northing
262787  
Street Side
 
Location
Planned terrace between the River Aeron and the Parish Church; set back from the road behind railed and walled forecourts and overlooking the harbour to NW.  

Description


Broad Class
Domestic  
Period
 

History
Mid C19 contemporary with the bridge; No 1 (Portland House) dated 1855, Nos 2 to 7 probably following soon after.  

Exterior
Simple classical, 2-storey, except No 1 which is 3-storey, 3-window fronts with advanced hipped end pavilions. Rusticated quoins (except to No 6 which has end pilaster strips) to scribed render, cement render and roughcast frontages. Slate roofs, wide boarded eaves, 6 cement render and 2 rubble chimney stacks. 12-pane sash windows, except to ground floors of Nos 1 and 7 which are 16-pane. Lintels to No 1, lugged architraves to Nos 2 to 7, some with keystones; cill and decorative bands to No 2 (formerly the Customs House). Arched entrances to Nos 2 to 6 with rusticated surround to No 2, bracketed hoods to Nos 3 and 5, panelled architraves with keystones to Nos 4 and 6; open pedimented doorcases with slender columns to Nos 1 and 7. Recessed doors, 6-panel to Nos 2 and 4 to 7, modern to No 3 and 8-panel to No 1; 5-pane fanlights to all except No 6; panelled reveals to doorways of Nos 1 and 7. Plain scribed render right end wall, various cross ranges to rear, rendered left end wall overlooking River Aeron with sash windows and side entrance. Datestone at base reads:- "Portland House built by Benjamin Evans in 1855".  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Graded II* as a particularly well preserved terrace. Group value.  

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