Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
10254
Building Number
7
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
24/11/1987
Date of Amendment
24/11/1987
Name of Property
Castle House
Address
7 King Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Ceredigion
Community
Aberystwyth
Town
Locality
Easting
258112
Northing
281710
Street Side
SE
Location
Short asymmetrical terrace at the corner with Castle Street close to the University Old College; No 7 stepped forward.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
After 1834; Victorian alterations.
Exterior
No 5 has 3-storey, 2-window scribed render front with quoins, cill bands and rusticated ground floor and plinth. 2-storey and attic 2-window fronts to Nos 6 and 7, No 6 scribed cement render, No 7 roughcast with quoins and cill band; rusticated ground floors with plinths. Slate roofs, wide boarded eaves to No 5, and bracket eaves to Nos 6 and 7 with rubble chimney stacks. Slate hung dormers, swept roof to No 6 and pitched roof to No 7 with cusped bargeboards, pendant and finial. Sash windows, without glazing bars to Nos 5 and 7, small pane to No 6; 3-storey bay window to No 5 with panelled aprons, similar 2-storey bay window to No 7. Wide bracket cornices to doorcases, panelled reveals to Nos 5 and 6, reeded half-columns to No 7; panelled and half glazed doors.
Cusped bargeboards to right hand gable end in Castle Street with 2 sash windows. Cross range to rear of No 6.
Interior
Reason for designation
Group value.
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