Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
The Old Custom House
Cardigan, Ceredigion, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 14 April 1992
- Community
- Cardigan
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.08227, -4.66047
- Cadw reference
- 10543
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 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated at end of terraced row, opposite Chancery Lane.
History
Early C19 former Custom House (now shops). Marked on Wood's 1834 map of Cardigan and mentioned in 1830 Directory.
Exterior
In coursed blue lias stone with slate roof. Single storey facade of 3 bays originally all with tall recessed arched openings, both arches with cut stone voussoirs, but right bay has large later C19 shopfront replacing original opening.
Left arch has fixed C20 small-paned glazing and rendered top lunette, while centre has double doors with overlight and rendered lunette, the doors 6-panel with top glazing.
Shopfront to right has pilasters each side with triglyphs over in fascia, and top cornice. Big double panelled doors set back to left, overlight with flattened arched head, and panelled reveals. Shopwindow of 3 big plate glass lights, top lights above thin transom.
South east rear wing with roof hipped at angle, C20 roughcast cladding. East end wall of Custom House has C20 plate glass window below large late C19 tripartite sash.
Nearby in the register
- The Old Custom House (part)Commercialunder 1 mi
- 7 St Marys StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- The Old StablesCommercialunder 1 mi
- Pedestrian Gate between no 43 & The Old StablesDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.