Full Report for Listed Buildings


Summary Description of a Listed Buildings


Reference Number
10391
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
24/11/1987  
Date of Amendment
24/11/1987  
Name of Property
Edleston House (Royal Commission on Ancient & Historic Monuments of Wales)  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Ceredigion  
Community
Aberystwyth  
Town
 
Locality
 
Easting
258449  
Northing
282058  
Street Side
 
Location
Midway along Queen's Road; Bowling Green to the rear.  

Description


Broad Class
Commercial  
Period
 

History
Built probably in 1898 as a nursing home by Dr Bonsall, now converted to use as public archive and offices.  

Exterior
Detached Colonial style symmetrical 2-storey, 3-window scribed cement render front with channelled ground floor. Steep hipped slate roof with wide swept boarded eaves; tall cement rendered brick chimney stacks. Tall cross frame French windows; central entrance with panelled double doors. The chief interest of this building is the overall, full height cast-iron Coalbrookdale verandah with decorative detail including finials, traceried spandrels, fluted columns to first floor and foliage capitals. Three-window (4-window to first floor) side elevations with similar detail, 1-storey extension set back to right and modern extension to rear.  

Interior
Interior retains moulded plaster corbels to arch at end of entrance hall.  

Reason for designation
 

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