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
10796
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
31/01/1994  
Date of Amendment
31/01/1994  
Name of Property
Fron Dolau  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Ceredigion  
Community
New Quay  
Town
 
Locality
New Quay  
Easting
238665  
Northing
260010  
Street Side
W  
Location
Situated set back in own grounds just before top of Church Street and NW of Masons Square.  

Description


Broad Class
Domestic  
Period
 

History
Mid C19.  

Exterior
Substantial villa, in coursed rubble stone with slate eaves roofs and stone paired end stacks. Two storeys and attic, asymmetrical three-window front to E, flat eaves and bargeboarded low gables. Raised plinth and raised band under eaves. 12-pane sashes to main floors with stone voussoirs and slate sills. East front has projecting gabled one-window section to right with small 4-pane window to attic, 12-pane sashes elsewhere and centre enclosed stone porch with stone angle pilasters, moulded capitals, entablature and cornice. Porch has front arch-headed small-paned window and 4-panel door to S side. S front is similar in having gable to right, but here gable is of two-window width and section to left is one-window. Similar small window in gable. Rear W side has double-gable with end stacks, attic small windows, centre stair light over hipped porch with 12-pane front window and door to side. A two-storey three-window service range is attached at right angles with valley roof and paired W gables. Four-pane sashes.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Listed as an Italianate villa of unusual scale for the region, the stonework details similar to Towyn Chapel of 1860. Not marked on 1847 Tithe Map, but shown on 1887 OS map.  

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