Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
6 Portland Street
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
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 24 November 1987
- Community
- Aberystwyth
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.41589, -4.08441
- Cadw reference
- 10365
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 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)
Cadw's description
Location
Terraced near the top of the street, stepped in the slope with iron railings to the front of No 4.
History
Shown on 1834 map.
Exterior
Pair of 3-storey and basement scribed painted render elevations; slate roofs with skylights to No 4, brick chimney stack and wide bracket eaves. One-window to No 4 with part rusticated ground floor, 2-window to No 6; horned sash glazing. Three-storey splayed bay to No 4 over 20-pane basement window; similar 2-storey bay to right over basement hatch. Paired classical doorcase with barley twist columns, entablature frieze, panelled reveals and raised 6-panel doors. Rendered rear to No 4 with small pane sash windows, rubble rear to No 6 with horned sash windows.
Reason for designation
Group value.
Nearby in the register
- Brunswick HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Roberts, Humphrey & Bott, Joseph Davies & SonCommercialunder 1 mi
- Unicorn Inn PHCommercialunder 1 mi
- Bethel Welsh Baptist ChapelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.