Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Kings Arms PH
Castle, Swansea, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Castle, Swansea, designated on 30 March 1987.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 30 March 1987
- Community
- Castle
- Unitary authority
- Swansea
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.62312, -3.94246
- Cadw reference
- 11583
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 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · The fourth table of England. Cornub. Devonia, Somerset etc. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1897 · 247 Swansea (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
On the corner with King Street.
History
Early to mid C19 Georgian front to earlier structure, later alterations.
Exterior
L-plan building with 3 storey, 3 window entrance front and long side elevation, return gabled range to rear. Stucco with giant Tuscan pilasters to upper floors, band course with end pilaster to ground floor, applied half timber decoration. Slate roof with brick stack right, boarded eaves, second wide stack to rear. Sash windows, timber bar frontage with fluted pilasters to entrance.
Side elevation retains some original small-pane sash windows above fine ground floor with keyblocked windows and paired timber doorcases with fluted pilasters, panelled entablature and segmental pediments.
Nearby in the register
- Central Police StationCivilunder 1 mi
- Centre for Greater Self Awareness (The Old Ragged School)Educationunder 1 mi
- Central LibraryRecreationalunder 1 mi
- School of ArtEducationunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.