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
10498
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
14/04/1992
Date of Amendment
14/04/1992
Name of Property
Bandstand in Victoria Gardens
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Ceredigion
Community
Cardigan
Town
Locality
Easting
218199
Northing
246510
Street Side
Location
Situated in centre of triangular public garden immediately north of War Memorial.
Description
Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
Period
History
Erected 1897 when gardens were laid out on former Pwll Pensarnau site to commemorate Diamond Jubilee. Old photographs show decorative pierced valancing around eaves, since removed.
Exterior
Bandstand, cast-iron and sheet-metal on yellow-brick and slate base. Small scale, octagonal with 3 steps up on east side. Eight thin cast iron columns carring ornate scrolled spandrel brackets, and with mid-height cast-iron hand-rail over sheet-metal panels. Overhanging sheet-metal tent roof with rolled-lead ridges and cast iron ornate finial.
Interior
Reason for designation
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