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
10473
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
14/04/1992  
Date of Amendment
 
Name of Property
Bridge Warehouse  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Ceredigion  
Community
Cardigan  
Town
 
Locality
 
Easting
217773  
Northing
245769  
Street Side
 
Location
Situated on west side of Castle Street, by south end of Cardigan Bridge.  

Description


Broad Class
Commercial  
Period
 

History
Early to mid C19. Known during the C19 as the Edwards Warehouse. John Edwards is recorded as a Sailmaker at Bridgend in the 1830s.  

Exterior
Warehouse in banded rubble stone with hipped slate roof and timber brackets to eaves. Five storeys, 5-window range of imposing height, the windows all 3-light timber casements with slate sills. Cut blue lias voussoirs to ground floor windows, cambered heads, continuous timber lintels to first and second floors, individual timber lintels to third and fourth floors. Flat eaves with paired brackets. Centre bay has loading doors to each floor, the ground floor with stone voussoirs, the rest under timber lintels, the topmost door half height with gabled hoist projecting from eaves above. The west end wall has one-window range, ground floor modern enlarged opening with sliding doors, brick heads to similar timber windows to upper floors, timber lintel to top floor. Ground floor south west angle is chamfered. Rear 5-window range, cambered brick heads except top floor which has timber lintels. East end, to Castle Street, has doors each floor, brick heads except to top floor which has timber lintel. Ground floor tall doorway with overlight.  

Interior
Timber internal construction with wooden posts.  

Reason for designation
Group value with Bridgend Warehouse.  

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