Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
58 High Street
Cowbridge with Llanblethian, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Cowbridge, Cowbridge with Llanblethian, Vale of Glamorgan, designated on 5 December 1963.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 5 December 1963
- Locality
- Cowbridge
- Community
- Cowbridge with Llanblethian
- Unitary authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.46218, -3.45006
- Cadw reference
- 13228
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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
Opposite Bear Hotel.
History
Early C19 house.
Exterior
Three storey house with good unaltered three bay stuccoed front elevation with roll moulded and modillion eaves cornice. Slate roof with rendered stack to rear and stone stack to right hand, built up in brick. Sixteen pane sash windows, but 12-pane sashes (4 over 8) to top floor. Ground floor windows with cornices on consoles, first floor windows with shouldered architraves, pulvinated friezes and cornices and smaller second floor windows with shouldered architraves. Central four-panelled door and overlight under Doric porch with flat entablaure with triglyph frieze on two columns, pilasters to wall. Small section of iron railing to R.
Interior
Inside, six panel doors, C19 marble fireplace and staircase with straight balusters.
Reason for designation
Excellent early C19 town house. Group value with adjacent buildings
Nearby in the register
- 56 High StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- Farthings Old Wine HouseCommercialunder 1 mi
- Barclays BankCommercialunder 1 mi
- High Street GarageDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.