Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
5 Windmill Court
Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 24 November 1987
- Community
- Aberystwyth
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.41515, -4.08625
- Cadw reference
- 10742
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 1830 "V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Reached by a narrow passage off Eastgate beside the Downie Vaults PH; No 9 has been demolished. Narrow paved forecourt.
History
Probably early C19 courtyard group of simple workers housing. Windmill Court is named after a short sailed windmill on the site; it was closed ca 1740 and demolished in 1860. Aberystwyth has several courtyards of this kind - at least four lead off this street.
Exterior
Rubble built 2-storey terrace beginning at the right with No 4. 1-window frontages to the reflected pairs of Nos 4 & 5 and 6 & 7 and 2-window front to the larger No 8 which is set back at left end; No 4 is whitewashed. Slate roofs and rubble chimney stacks, that to the left has damaged cornice. Casement windows and boarded doors; voussoir lintels to ground floor openings; central door to No 8. Rubble gable ends and rear with further casements.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as a rare, well preserved example of this type of housing and as the best remaining courtyard in Aberystwyth.
Group value with listed items in Eastgate.
Nearby in the register
- 4 Windmill CourtDomesticunder 1 mi
- 6 Windmill CourtDomesticunder 1 mi
- 7 Windmill CourtDomesticunder 1 mi
- 8 Windmill CourtDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.