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Roberts, Humphrey & Bott, Joseph Davies & Son

Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, designated on 24 November 1987.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Roberts, Humphrey & Bott, Joseph Davies & Son, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation
Listed building, Grade II
Broad class
Commercial
Date of designation
24 November 1987
Community
Aberystwyth
Unitary authority
Ceredigion
Country
Wales
Coordinates
52.41578, -4.08459
Cadw reference
10178

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1883 map "Watershed map England, Wales 3." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1899 · 163 Aberystwyth (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1941 · Aberystwyth. (Internet Archive)

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Cadw's description

Location

Situated in the corner with Portland Street.

History

Shown on map of 1834.

Exterior

Late Georgian 3-storey and basement structure with roughcast elevations to Alfred Place and 2-window Portland Street front, rubble chimney stacks. Entry in Alfred Place through fluted pilastered doorcase with entablature frieze and cornice, 6-panel door and fanlight; brace plates to left at join with 2-window cross range with mainly small pane sash windows including 18 pane staircase window over cambered headed entrance. Three-storey bay windows to Portland Street, front, sash windows without glazing bars except to basement.

Rubble rear with brick dressings.

Reason for designation

Group value.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Designated Historic Asset GIS Data, The Welsh Historic Environment Service (Cadw), 2026-09-07, licensed under the Open Government Licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ Cadw, the Welsh Historic Environment Service · Open Government Licence v3.0
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