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12 William Street including Iron Railings to Front Area

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 12 William Street including Iron Railings to Front Area, 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
52.08423, -4.65909
Cadw reference
10544

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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

Situated opposite Bethania Chapel in terraced row.

Mid C19. Marked on 1846 tithe map.

House in terrace row, unpainted stucco with slate roof and stone end stacks. Two storeys, double-fronted with ogee eaves gutter on paired brackets. Hornless 12-pane sash windows with painted slate sills. Applied slate plinth. Centre 6-panel door with overlight in Roman Doric doorcase, 2 half columns with entablature blocks over and pediment. In front low iron railings with top rail and spearhead dog-bars.

No 13 adjacent was formerly similar, but windows are altered.

Listed as the best surviving of the houses in William Street, built as a single development ca1846, before the construction of Bethania Chapel.

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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