Manchester House

Cardigan, Ceredigion, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Cardigan, Ceredigion, designated on 14 April 1992.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Manchester House, 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: 14 April 1992
Community: Cardigan
Unitary authority: Ceredigion
Country: Wales
Coordinates: 52.08174, -4.66156
Cadw reference: 10467

TodayHistorical map

Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.

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)

Get directions ↗

This record in Cadw's own full report ↗

Cadw's description

Location

Prominently situated at corner of Quay Street.

History

1884-5 built for John James, draper, to replace previous Manchester House, High Street. Former draper's warehouse and house by George Morgan,

Exterior

Warehouse, stucco with hipped slate roofs and red brick end stacks. Rough square plan with canted north west angle, 3-storey with 4-window fronts to Bridge Street and Quay Street. Bridge Street front has left bay of double width to allow for 2-storey canted bay window with tripartite sash above, upper giant pilasters with cornice and deep plain frieze under eaves. Plate glass sashes with painted slate sills and moulded band between floors, except in left bay where bay window has plain hipped roof. Similar one-window range to canted north west angle. Ground floor has channelled rustication to left angle pier and flanking adjoining bay window, then centre door between pilasters, shopfront to right, with matching pilaster to right and similar pilaster framing to shopwindow in canted angle. Overall entablature with moulded cornice, carried around the bay window. Centre panelled door with overlight. Shopfront has plate glass windows with deeply recessed centre door with overlight. Plainer 4-window front to Quay Street.

Interior

Shop interior has T-plan pitch-pine stair, single flight up to double flight return. Turned balusters.

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

All Domestic in Ceredigion All Unitary authority Ceredigion records All Wales Heritage registers Historical markers (US)National Register of Historic Places (US)

See your own family's places on a living map