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
10093
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
28/09/1961  
Date of Amendment
25/09/1986  
Name of Property
Harbourmaster Hotel (Formerly the Red Lion Hotel)  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Ceredigion  
Community
Aberaeron  
Town
 
Locality
Aberaeron  
Easting
245579  
Northing
263005  
Street Side
 
Location
Situated at the NW end of Quay Parade close to the sea front and facing SW across the entrance to the harbour.  

Description


Broad Class
Commercial  
Period
 

History
Early C19. One of the earliest buildings in Aberaeron and contemporary with the Harbour built between 1807 and 1811 by Rev Alban T J Gwynne. Purpose built to enable the harbour master to monitor all shipping.  

Exterior
Classical 3-storey and attic 3-window roughcast front with cill bands and rusticated long and short quoins. Slate roof with very wide boarded eaves, brick end stacks and central transverse gable with wide bracket eaves to ‘look out’ room lit by 2-pane semicircular headed sash window. 12-pane sash windows to all 3 floors, with deep plain reveals, lightly lugged architraves and projecting cills. Later projecting pitched slate roof porch to centre; 6-panel door and ornamental fanlight within. Plain rendered right side with projecting chimney breast. Converted warehouse abutts at ground floor level. Plain rendered left side with 2 sash windows with glazing bars. Colourwashed rubble rear with narrow eaves and two 3-light sash windows with glazing bars to each floor with 2-light sash mezzanine staircase windows. Later extensions to rear.  

Interior
Interior retains Geometrical circular staircase.  

Reason for designation
Group value.  

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