Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
71 & 73 Eastgate
Cowbridge with Llanblethian, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 3 February 1981
- Town
- Cowbridge
- Community
- Cowbridge with Llanblethian
- Unitary authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.46085, -3.44445
- Cadw reference
- 13190
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 corner of lane, about 200m E of Town Hall.
History
Medieval and late C16. The house had 2 main chambers of similar size on ground floor, with "a former cross-passage, and later stair access to the chambers on the floor above, gained unusually by means of steps in the partition wall" (RCAHM, p514). A small section of wall-painting of circa 1600 was discovered in No 73.
Exterior
Two storey house. Stone rubble walls, the front elevation with pebbledash cladding. Slate roof large stone stack to NW of centre and corbelled stack to NW gable end; stone stack to rear wing. No 73 has modern door and modern shop window and advertisement board at first floor level; modern shop window to L return. No 71: has 2 small-pane sash windows to first floor; on ground floor, shop window to R and half-glazed door to L; further modern door to L of this.
Interior
Late C16 to early C17 chamfered square-headed fireplace on first floor in no 71.
Reason for designation
Rare example of early house retaining overall character.
Nearby in the register
- 77 EastgateDomesticunder 1 mi
- Heath HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Nos 56 & 58 EastgateDomesticunder 1 mi
- Citizens' Advice BureauMiscellaneousunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.