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
10467
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
14/04/1992
Date of Amendment
Name of Property
Manchester House
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Ceredigion
Community
Cardigan
Town
Locality
Easting
217723
Northing
245941
Street Side
Location
Prominently situated at corner of Quay Street.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
1884-5 built for John James, draper, to replace previous Manchester House, High Street. Former draper's warehouse and house by George Morgan,
Exterior
Warehouse, stucco with hipped slate roofs and red brick end stacks. Rough square plan with canted north west angle, 3-storey with 4-window fronts to Bridge Street and Quay Street. Bridge Street front has left bay of double width to allow for 2-storey canted bay window with tripartite sash above, upper giant pilasters with cornice and deep plain frieze under eaves. Plate glass sashes with painted slate sills and moulded band between floors, except in left bay where bay window has plain hipped roof. Similar one-window range to canted north west angle. Ground floor has channelled rustication to left angle pier and flanking adjoining bay window, then centre door between pilasters, shopfront to right, with matching pilaster to right and similar pilaster framing to shopwindow in canted angle. Overall entablature with moulded cornice, carried around the bay window. Centre panelled door with overlight. Shopfront has plate glass windows with deeply recessed centre door with overlight. Plainer 4-window front to Quay Street.
Interior
Shop interior has T-plan pitch-pine stair, single flight up to double flight return. Turned balusters.
Reason for designation
Group value.
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