Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
12 Laura Place
Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales
A Grade II* listed building in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, designated on 21 July 1961.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II*
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 21 July 1961
- Community
- Aberystwyth
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.41370, -4.08805
- Cadw reference
- 10267
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
To W of the former Assembly Rooms, above and to the S of the Parish church; on sloping ground. At one time the town house and estate office of the Powells of Nanteos.
History
Shown on 1834 map, possibly contemporary with the 1820 Assembly Rooms.
Exterior
Late Georgian 2-storey attic and basement 7-window scribed cement render front. Hipped slate roof, wide bracket eaves and rubble chimney stacks; slate hung dormers, 2 to 11 with modern windows, the other to No 12 with twin horned sash windows. Small pane sash windows below, taller to ground floor. Hooded Doric doorcase to No 12 offset to right with fluted columns, panelled double doors and ogee traceried fanlight.
Cement render left side; similar doorcase with fluted pilasters to No 11. Rubble rear with dormers and sash windows with glazing bars; modern extension to No 12.
Interior
Interiors retain contemporary detail especially to No 12, formerly the residential part of the house. Bracket and paterae cornice to entrance hall, panelled soffit arch leads to openwell staircase with tall landing window; panelled shutters and doors, barley twist columns and reeded pilasters to firepieces, some with Gothick traceried firebacks. Fluted newel balusters to No 11.
Reason for designation
Group value with other listed items in Laura Place, Great Darkgate Street, King Street and New Street.
Nearby in the register
- 11 Laura PlaceDomesticunder 1 mi
- Former Assembly Rooms of Music & DramaEducationunder 1 mi
- BrynawelDomesticunder 1 mi
- PenylanDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.