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
11732
Building Number
60  
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
14/09/1992  
Date of Amendment
29/09/1999  
Name of Property
60 Bishopston Road  
Address
60 Bishopston Road  

Location


Unitary Authority
Swansea  
Community
Bishopston  
Town
Swansea  
Locality
Bishopston  
Easting
257864  
Northing
189121  
Street Side
W  
Location
Set back from the main road at the junction with a short lane, in the centre of the village. The front faces E.  

Description


Broad Class
Domestic  
Period
 

History
Early C19, late Georgian house. The doorway is lower than the windows, suggesting that the house may have earlier origins. Marked as a post-office on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey of 1877.  

Exterior
Symmetrical 3-window, 2-storey house. Constructed of rendered rubble under a slate roof with stone end stacks. Recessed 12-pane hornless sash windows with slightly cambered heads and stone sills. Doorway under similar, lower head, containing a C20 planked door. To the R is a single-storey range of rubble stone, with a multi-pane window to the front, and a planked door with hatch above to N gable end. Continuous lean-to at rear of house with stack to R. Central doorway flanked by a 6-pane sash window to L and a casement window to R. Skylight in lean-to roof. C20 half-lit door in angle of house and lower range.  

Interior
Narrow central stair hall with stairs immediately behind front door, flanked by reception rooms.  

Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as an especially well preserved early C19 building in the centre of the village.  

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