Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Lloyds Chemist
Cowbridge with Llanblethian, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 5 December 1963
- Locality
- Cowbridge
- Community
- Cowbridge with Llanblethian
- Unitary authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.46213, -3.44852
- Cadw reference
- 13207
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
The middle of a group of 3 gabled buildings about 100m W of Town Hall.
History
C17 origins.
Exterior
Gable end to street of two storeys and attic, with roughcast cladding and long and short stuccoed quoins; stump of finial. Slate gabled roof with large stone stack on ridge towards rear of front wing and tall stone stack to left hand. On ground floor, wide modern shop front to R; to L, doorway with curved ogee hood of moulded wood on scroll brackets with inset floral decoration in relief; modern C20 panelled door, the C19 panelled door stored in rear passage. On first floor, canted three-light bay window with sash lights with glazing bars; semi-circular sash window with glazing bars with architrave and keystone to second floor.
Interior
Inside, massive ceiling beam in front ground floor room. Wide staircase rises in thickness of stone internal partition wall; original staircase between ground and first floors is not in use and a modern staircase rises on NW of house, replacing fireplace to first floor front room. First floor front room with panelled shutters to bay window, part of ceiling cornice remains with modillions and C19 frieze. Wide doorway with panelled reveals between front and rear first floor rooms with reeded newels remaining from staircase to ground floor.
Nearby in the register
- XantippeCommercialunder 1 mi
- 43 High StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- Nos. 35, 35a & 35b High StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- Etcetera and ThreshersCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.