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.
Date of Designation
30/12/2005
Date of Amendment
30/12/2005
Location
The northernmost of a pair of houses fronting the street near the junction with High Street.
History
One of a pair of houses built in the final decade of the C19, and with render similar to Morfa View Terrace, which is dated 1896.
Exterior
Belongs to a group of Ivy House and Bodalaw.
A reflected pair of late Victorian 2½-storey single-fronted town houses, of pebble-dashed walls, slate roof and brick end stacks. Ivy House is grey, Bodalaw painted white. The upper storey has smooth-rendered X-pattern panels in imitation of timber framing, framed by bands at sill and lintel level, above which is a frieze of lozenges. Entrances are on the inner sides, reached up replacement steps. Ivy House has a panel door, Bodalaw a half-glazed panel door, both under overlights. The entrances are beneath a continuous canopy, with dividing wooden latticework partition and a moulded wooden post, between hipped canted bay windows with 4-pane horned sashes. The 1st floor has 4-pane horned sash windows. In the L gable end Ivy house has a small-pane attic window.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special architectural interest as one of a pair of well-preserved late C19 town houses of definite character, part of a strong architectural group with Nos 3-9 Llewelyn Street and for its contribution to the historical townscape.
Group Description
Ivy House and Bodalaw
A reflected pair of late Victorian 2½-storey single-fronted town houses, of pebble-dashed walls, slate roof and brick end stacks. Ivy House is grey, Bodalaw painted white. The upper storey has smooth-rendered X-pattern panels in imitation of timber framing, framed by bands at sill and lintel level, above which is a frieze of lozenges. Entrances are on the inner sides, reached up replacement steps. Ivy House has a panel door, Bodalaw a half-glazed panel door, both under overlights. The entrances are beneath a continuous canopy, with dividing wooden latticework partition and a moulded wooden post, between hipped canted bay windows with 4-pane horned sashes. The 1st floor has 4-pane horned sash windows. In the L gable end Ivy house has a small-pane attic window.
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