Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Bridge Warehouse
Cardigan, Ceredigion, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Cardigan, Ceredigion, designated on 14 April 1992.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 14 April 1992
- Community
- Cardigan
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.08021, -4.66074
- Cadw reference
- 10473
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 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)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated on west side of Castle Street, by south end of Cardigan Bridge.
History
Early to mid C19. Known during the C19 as the Edwards Warehouse. John Edwards is recorded as a Sailmaker at Bridgend in the 1830s.
Exterior
Warehouse in banded rubble stone with hipped slate roof and timber brackets to eaves. Five storeys, 5-window range of imposing height, the windows all 3-light timber casements with slate sills. Cut blue lias voussoirs to ground floor windows, cambered heads, continuous timber lintels to first and second floors, individual timber lintels to third and fourth floors. Flat eaves with paired brackets. Centre bay has loading doors to each floor, the ground floor with stone voussoirs, the rest under timber lintels, the topmost door half height with gabled hoist projecting from eaves above.
The west end wall has one-window range, ground floor modern enlarged opening with sliding doors, brick heads to similar timber windows to upper floors, timber lintel to top floor. Ground floor south west angle is chamfered. Rear 5-window range, cambered brick heads except top floor which has timber lintels. East end, to Castle Street, has doors each floor, brick heads except to top floor which has timber lintel. Ground floor tall doorway with overlight.
Interior
Timber internal construction with wooden posts.
Reason for designation
Group value with Bridgend Warehouse.
Nearby in the register
- The Castle Inn PHCommercialunder 1 mi
- Bridgend WarehouseCommercialunder 1 mi
- Cardigan BridgeBridgeunder 1 mi
- Cardigan BridgeTransportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.