Full Report for Listed Buildings


Summary Description of a Listed Buildings


Reference Number
14617
Building Number
23  
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
25/07/1994  
Date of Amendment
25/07/1994  
Name of Property
The Hawthornes  
Address
23 St James Gardens  

Location


Unitary Authority
Swansea  
Community
Uplands  
Town
 
Locality
 
Easting
264267  
Northing
193072  
Street Side
 
Location
On corner with Ffynone Road.  

Description


Broad Class
Domestic  
Period
 

History
House circa 1885.  

Exterior
Two storeys, rubble with bathstone dressings, tiled roof in plain and scaled bands, tiled ridge crests, rubble chimneys with freestone quoins and elaborate heads. Eaves balustrade. Mullioned and transomed windows, mullions treated as pilasters in Northern European Renaissance style, windows generally retain stained glass in upper lights. Entrance front faces St James’ Gardens (E). To R, gable set forward has niche and on first floor, 3-light window; on ground floor splayed bay with balustrade, mullioned and transomed windows stained glass in upper lights. To L, small gable; on first floor, 3-light window similar to R but more narrow, central window with segmental head. Ground floor set forward to align with R bay and has balustrade. Central doorway, flanking pilasters, keystone to segmental head, panelled door with overlight and marginal glazing; to L of doorway 3-light mullioned and transomed window. R return has tall chimney and then gable, 2-light first floor window, 2-light ground floor window. Long lower wing to rear, 2 first floor windows, ground floor obscured by modern flat-roofed extension.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Included for group value with adjacent listed buildings. Group Value.  

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