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Graigwen

Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, designated on 21 July 1961.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Graigwen, 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
Domestic
Date of designation
21 July 1961
Community
Aberystwyth
Unitary authority
Ceredigion
Country
Wales
Coordinates
52.41242, -4.08554
Cadw reference
10199

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)

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Cadw's description

Location

Set into a continuous row of frontages near the bottom of the street, stepped up from No 53 to left.

History

Shown on ca.1790 map.

Exterior

Late Georgian 3-storey, 3-window rendered front. Slate roof, bracket eaves and rendered chimney stacks. Sash windows without glazing bars; 1st and 2nd floors have architraves with keystones, splayed bays to ground floor with cornices and panelled aprons. Raised entrance offset to right and reached by railed steps; doorcase with reeded columns, half-glazed door and fanlight; basement hatch to left.

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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