Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
11 Queens Terrace, Queens Road
Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 21 July 1961
- Community
- Aberystwyth
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.41680, -4.08095
- Cadw reference
- 10386
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1883 "Watershed map England, Wales 3." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Near the S end of the Street, Sandmarsh Cottage stepped forward to right.
History
Shown on 1887 map.
Exterior
Uniform Victorian terrace of 4 reflected pairs and 1 additional house. Three-storey and basement, 2-window rubble fronts with brick dressings and some Gothic detail, (possibly influenced by J P Seddon). Slate roofs, stock brick chimney stacks; overall moulded brick cornice and band course. Attic dormer to No 5 skylights to the remainder. Horned sash windows retained; each house has a 2-storey and basement advanced and splayed bay with colonnettes and blind Gothic traceried parapet and aprons. Alternating tripartite and twinned segmental headed windows to third floor, similar segmental headed windows to first floors over raised and paired porches with steep pitched fishscale slate roofs, Gothic timberwork, board and panelled reveals; half glazed Gothic doors retained to Nos 7 to 19 and quatrefoil traceried fanlights to Nos 5 to 19. All retain iron railings to front, and to steps up to porches. Railings continue to front of No 21.
Reason for designation
Included as a rare example of an unspoiled Victorian terrace. Group value.
Nearby in the register
- 9 Queens Terrace, Queens RoadDomesticunder 1 mi
- No.13 Queens TerraceDomesticunder 1 mi
- 7 Queens Terrace, Queens RoadDomesticunder 1 mi
- 15 Queens Terrace, Queens RoadDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.