Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
3 Old Market Street
Neath, Neath Port Talbot, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 6 May 1981
- Community
- Neath
- Unitary authority
- Neath Port Talbot
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.66406, -3.80305
- Cadw reference
- 11807
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
On the street line near the junction with Wind Street.
History
C18/early C19 with earlier origins.
Exterior
Two-storey, whitewashed roughcast on rubble. Steeply pitched asbestos slate roof, plain eaves. No chimneys.
Three Victorian sash windows to first floor, plaster architraves, stone sills, one to No.2; 2 to No.3.
C19 shop fronts to ground floor. Continuous hood. Central doorway to No.3, modern door, shallow 3 light rectangular fanlight. Large 6 pane shop window to right, flanking pilasters with brackets. Eight pane giant sash window forms shop window to left adjoining doorway. Modern top lights to outer panes of top sash. Shop front to No.2 modernised, flanking pilasters and brackets retained but door and window modern.
Cased transverse ceiling beams.
Rear wing probably later C19.
Reason for designation
Group value with other listed items on Old Market Street.
Nearby in the register
- 2 Old Market StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- 1 Old Market StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- 16 Old Market StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- 15 Market StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.