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
10463
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
14/04/1992  
Date of Amendment
14/04/1992  
Name of Property
The Grosvenor Hotel  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Ceredigion  
Community
Cardigan  
Town
 
Locality
 
Easting
217718  
Northing
245898  
Street Side
 
Location
Prominently situated at south end of street, side elevation to the river.  

Description


Broad Class
Commercial  
Period
 

History
Later C18 house, now inn. House, marked on 1834 map, including rear building, was known as Bridge House and was the headquarters of Thomas and David Davies' maritime, warehousing and industrial interests.  

Exterior
Roughcast with slate roof, hipped at south east angle, and brick south end stack. Two and a half storeys, 3-window range with paired bracket eaves and matching central pedimental gable. Gable has tripartite lunette with original small-paned sashes, first floor has 3 12-pane sashes with slate sills, centre sash not aligned with lunette and ground floor has 12-pane sash to left, centre door, not aligned with window above, and 4-12-4 pane canted bay to right, also not aligned. Six-panel door with lozenge-tracery overlight in painted timber doorcase, panelled piers and head, shelf hood on brackets. South end wall has bracket eaves, 2-window range, widely spaced, 12-pane sashes above, door and C20 curved bow window below. Attached to west is 3-storey house, roughcast to match with cambered-headed sash windows, 2 9-pane sashes to second floor, 4-12-4 pane bowed oriel to first floor left, 12-pane sash to right; 12-pane sashes to ground floor and centre 6-panel door with overlight, the doorcase stripped away to reveal blue lias surround.  

Interior
Ground floor altered.  

Reason for designation
 

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