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
13190
Building Number
71&73
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
03/02/1981
Date of Amendment
16/09/1999
Name of Property
71 & 73 Eastgate
Address
71&73 Eastgate
Location
Unitary Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Community
Cowbridge with Llanblethian
Town
Cowbridge
Locality
Easting
299747
Northing
174532
Street Side
N
Location
On corner of lane, about 200m E of Town Hall.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Medieval and late C16. The house had 2 main chambers of similar size on ground floor, with "a former cross-passage, and later stair access to the chambers on the floor above, gained unusually by means of steps in the partition wall" (RCAHM, p514). A small section of wall-painting of circa 1600 was discovered in No 73.
Exterior
Two storey house. Stone rubble walls, the front elevation with pebbledash cladding. Slate roof large stone stack to NW of centre and corbelled stack to NW gable end; stone stack to rear wing. No 73 has modern door and modern shop window and advertisement board at first floor level; modern shop window to L return. No 71: has 2 small-pane sash windows to first floor; on ground floor, shop window to R and half-glazed door to L; further modern door to L of this.
Interior
Late C16 to early C17 chamfered square-headed fireplace on first floor in no 71.
Reason for designation
Rare example of early house retaining overall character.
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