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
13207
Building Number
41  
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
05/12/1963  
Date of Amendment
21/06/2001  
Name of Property
Lloyds Chemist  
Address
41 High Street  

Location


Unitary Authority
Vale of Glamorgan  
Community
Cowbridge with Llanblethian  
Town
 
Locality
Cowbridge  
Easting
299467  
Northing
174679  
Street Side
N  
Location
The middle of a group of 3 gabled buildings about 100m W of Town Hall.  

Description


Broad Class
Commercial  
Period
 

History
C17 origins.  

Exterior
Gable end to street of two storeys and attic, with roughcast cladding and long and short stuccoed quoins; stump of finial. Slate gabled roof with large stone stack on ridge towards rear of front wing and tall stone stack to left hand. On ground floor, wide modern shop front to R; to L, doorway with curved ogee hood of moulded wood on scroll brackets with inset floral decoration in relief; modern C20 panelled door, the C19 panelled door stored in rear passage. On first floor, canted three-light bay window with sash lights with glazing bars; semi-circular sash window with glazing bars with architrave and keystone to second floor.  

Interior
Inside, massive ceiling beam in front ground floor room. Wide staircase rises in thickness of stone internal partition wall; original staircase between ground and first floors is not in use and a modern staircase rises on NW of house, replacing fireplace to first floor front room. First floor front room with panelled shutters to bay window, part of ceiling cornice remains with modillions and C19 frieze. Wide doorway with panelled reveals between front and rear first floor rooms with reeded newels remaining from staircase to ground floor.  

Reason for designation
 

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