Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Property to right of former Castle Hotel
Bridgend, Bridgend, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 29 September 1986
- Town
- Bridgend
- Community
- Bridgend
- Unitary authority
- Bridgend
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.50617, -3.57692
- Cadw reference
- 11270
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 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Opposite the Old Police Station.
History
Formerly the Castle Hotel incorporating a corner toll-house. Late Georgian.
Exterior
Terrace of three 3-storey, 3-window wide scribed stucco Derwen Road fronts with blocked central windows to left; returned around the corner to 2-window Caroline Street front. Deep band between 1st and 2nd floors, swept out cornice to ground floor and plinth. Slate roof, brick and rendered chimney stacks; recessed sash glazing, mainly small pane. Ground floor classical detail unaltered to right with central bracket pedimented doorway and architraves to window with decorative keystones and raised lintels; pediments removed and doorway positions altered to left; panelled and glazed doors.
Splayed angle to left with clock. Similar detail to Caroline Street front. Cement render rear with mainly small-pane sash windows.
Reason for designation
Group value.
Nearby in the register
- Former Coach House to the Old Police StationDomesticunder 1 mi
- Former Castle HotelCommercialunder 1 mi
- The Welsh ConnectionCommercialunder 1 mi
- The Old Police StationCivilunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.