Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Royale Electronics
Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, designated on 24 November 1987.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 24 November 1987
- Community
- Aberystwyth
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.41402, -4.08604
- Cadw reference
- 10189
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1830 map "V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 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)
Cadw's description
Location
At the top of the Street on the corner with Great Darkgate Street.
History
Shown on map of 1834. Composer Richard Hughes born here in 1855.
Exterior
4-storey rendered structure, 3-windows to Bridge St and Great Darkgate St and 1-window to the splayed corner. Hipped slate roof concealed by plain parapet; long brick chimney stack. Small pane sash windows, modern shop front to No 1 and Victorian shop front to No 2 with bracket cornice and ornate fascia end to left; Corinthian colonettes to window, half glazed door. Panelled door to No 48 Great Darkgate Street to the right of the Royale shop front.
Reason for designation
Group value.
Nearby in the register
- HardwareCommercialunder 1 mi
- St.Pauls Welsh Wesleyan Methodist ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Penguin CaféCommercialunder 1 mi
- 51 Great Darkgate StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.