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
10164
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
25/09/1986
Date of Amendment
25/09/1986
Name of Property
The Forge
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Ceredigion
Community
Aberaeron
Town
Locality
Aberaeron
Easting
245854
Northing
262748
Street Side
Location
Situated at the corner with Albert Street
Description
Broad Class
Industrial
Period
History
Built ca. 1850 by the Davies family, later famous for the manufacturer of the "Aberaeron Shovel" made with a water-driven tilt hammer.
Exterior
The northern block was formerly a row of industrial buildings containing a forge; woollen mill, woodturner’s workshop and tanner.
Single storey and attic rubble building, whitewashed to gable end; slate roof. 1 window, another blocked and a bricked up doorway to gable end. Cambered headed openings to left side and one to right side with studio window beyond. Adjoins mill building at far end.
Broken overshot waterwheel against gable end.
Interior
Reason for designation
Group value.
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