Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
27 High Street
Cowbridge with Llanblethian, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Cowbridge, Cowbridge with Llanblethian, Vale of Glamorgan, designated on 3 February 1981.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 3 February 1981
- Town
- Cowbridge
- Community
- Cowbridge with Llanblethian
- Unitary authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.46200, -3.44780
- Cadw reference
- 13204
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)
- 1897 · 262 Pontypridd (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1897 · 262 Pontypridd (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
About 60m W of Town Hall.
History
Early C17 origins.
Exterior
Two storey gable end wall to street with roughcast cladding and slate gabled roof with a brick stack on both front and rear gable ends. On ground floor, from right hand, doorway with ledged door before entrances to shop and first floor office, and wide canted shop window. On first floor, two widely spaced 4-pane sash windows. Long C18 to C19 rear range with wings with white washed stone rubble walls with roofs mainly with slate cladding but partly with pantile cladding on SE Side.
Interior
Inside, ground floor shop with two massive ceiling beams and, to rear, stone vaulted chamber; original roof trusses thought to remain but were not inspected.
Reason for designation
For surviving early structure and group value with adjacent listed buildings in High Street.
Nearby in the register
- Mounting Block attached to Nos 25 & 27 High StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- 29 High StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- 31 High StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- Telephone Call-box Outside No 23 High StreetCommunicationsunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.