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62 Wind Street

Castle, Swansea, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Castle, Swansea, designated on 30 March 1987.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of 62 Wind Street, Castle, Swansea, 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
Commercial
Date of designation
30 March 1987
Community
Castle
Unitary authority
Swansea
Country
Wales
Coordinates
51.61941, -3.94088
Cadw reference
11672

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)

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Cadw's description

Location

Part of a Georgian group on the curve of the street leading up to the Castle.

Exterior

Early C19 3 storey classical stucco front. Slate roof with end brick stacks, moulded eaves cornice, end pilasters with moulded capitals. Twin neo-classical arched recesses with linked impost band to first floor windows, small-pane sashes in timber architraves, plain top floor windows.

Cornice and fascia with paired brackets over pilastered shop front, doorway on left. Second doorway to far left with panelled doorpiece linked to No 61.

Reason for designation

Group value.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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