Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
10187
Building Number
14
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
21/07/1961
Date of Amendment
24/11/1987
Name of Property
Victoria House The Alliance & Leicester Building Society
Address
14 Baker Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Ceredigion
Community
Aberystwyth
Town
Locality
Easting
258328
Northing
281773
Street Side
Location
Set into the slope on the corner with Eastgate, opposite the Bethel Baptist Chapel; on the line of the old town wall.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Known as the Victoria Tavern until 1910. Building shown on the site on map of ca 1790. Probably early to mid C19.
Exterior
Georgian 3-storey 2-window scribed stucco front with plinth; modern corrugated tile roof, wide bracket eaves and cement render chimney stacks. Small-pane sash windows with later hoodmoulds and stops; right hand ground floor window has no ornament. Splayed oriel to 1st floor right with moulded cornice; central Georgian doorcase with wide cornice and broad reeded pilasters, panelled reveals and modern door. Splayed corner to right with figurehead of Queen Victoria carrying orb and sceptre on bracketed ledge over decorative panel.
Similar 2-window Eastgate elevation with stepped up plinth; splayed oriel to left.
Interior
Reason for designation
Group value.
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