Full Report for Listed Buildings


Summary Description of a Listed Buildings


Reference Number
10464
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
16/06/1961  
Date of Amendment
14/04/1992  
Name of Property
Castle Chambers (previously listed with The Grosvenor Hotel)  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Ceredigion  
Community
Cardigan  
Town
 
Locality
 
Easting
217720  
Northing
245909  
Street Side
 
Location
Situated on street line, attached to Grosvenor Hotel.  

Description


Broad Class
Domestic  
Period
 

History
Later C18. Marked on Wood's 1834 map of Cardigan as owned by David Davies and joined with Bridge House (Grosvenor Hotel). Old photograph ca 1930 shows a brick stack on front roof slope and pilastered porch with cornice.  

Exterior
House, stucco fronted with hipped slate roof, moulded eaves cornice and rebuilt south end stack. Three-storey, 3-window range of cambered-headed windows 6-pane sashes to upper floor, 12-pane to first floor and plate glass to ground floor right. Centre door and left canted bay window. Sashes have painted slate sills and raised stucco surrounds with keystones. Door is late C20 and stucco has been scraped back to reveal cambered-headed blue lias stone doorway. Bay has plate glass sashes and hipped lead roof. Stucco angle pilasters. Three-window north end wall with similar sashes to upper floors.  

Interior
Narrow dog-leg stair with stick balusters, 6-panel doors.  

Reason for designation
 

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