Castle Chambers (previously listed with The Grosvenor Hotel)

Cardigan, Ceredigion, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Cardigan, Ceredigion, designated on 16 June 1961.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Castle Chambers (previously listed with The Grosvenor Hotel), Cardigan, 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: 16 June 1961
Community: Cardigan
Unitary authority: Ceredigion
Country: Wales
Coordinates: 52.08145, -4.66159
Cadw reference: 10464

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1898 · 193 Cardigan (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1901 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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Cadw's description

Location

Situated on street line, attached to Grosvenor Hotel.

History

Later C18. Marked on Wood's 1834 map of Cardigan as owned by David Davies and joined with Bridge House (Grosvenor Hotel). Old photograph ca 1930 shows a brick stack on front roof slope and pilastered porch with cornice.

Exterior

House, stucco fronted with hipped slate roof, moulded eaves cornice and rebuilt south end stack. Three-storey, 3-window range of cambered-headed windows 6-pane sashes to upper floor, 12-pane to first floor and plate glass to ground floor right. Centre door and left canted bay window. Sashes have painted slate sills and raised stucco surrounds with keystones. Door is late C20 and stucco has been scraped back to reveal cambered-headed blue lias stone doorway. Bay has plate glass sashes and hipped lead roof. Stucco angle pilasters. Three-window north end wall with similar sashes to upper floors.

Interior

Narrow dog-leg stair with stick balusters, 6-panel doors.

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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