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.
Date of Designation
11/03/1992
Date of Amendment
10/02/2012
Name of Property
1 Church Street
Unitary Authority
Ceredigion
Location
Situated on street line, immediately S of junction with Bryn Road.
History
Pair of substantial town houses constructed in the early C19.
Exterior
Pair of houses, each 3-storey, 3-window, stucco fronted with slate roofs and rendered stacks. No 1 (Buckingham House) to right, has 6-pane attic windows, 12-pane first floor sashes, the lower half of each sash replaced in plate glass and ground floor pair of late C19 canted bay windows with lean-to slate roof between. Centre door and overlight. Rubble stone rear with 2-storey lean-to rear range and NE rear wing with big stone end stack.
This house has scarfed cruck roof trusses indicating a date of c1800 or earlier, but may be a late example of the type.
No 2 to left has modern small-pane windows throughout, centre door and overlight, rubble stone end wall with straight joint to rubble low 2-storey rear wing with large E end stone stack.
Reason for designation
Included for its special architectural interest as a good example of an early C19 pair of town-houses constructed in a formal late Georgian style. Group value with other listed items in Church Street.
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