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High Street Garage

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.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of High Street Garage, Cowbridge with Llanblethian, Vale of Glamorgan, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation
Listed building, Grade II
Broad class
Domestic
Date of designation
3 February 1981
Locality
Cowbridge
Community
Cowbridge with Llanblethian
Unitary authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Country
Wales
Coordinates
51.46208, -3.45032
Cadw reference
13229

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)

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Cadw's description

Opposite Bear Hotel.

Early C19 facade to partly C17 core.

Tall and narrow three storey, one bay scribed stucco elevation with old slate roof with modern brick stack to left hand and rendered stack to right hand. Segmental carriage arch with voussoirs on ground floor. A 12-pane sash window on each upper floor.

Said to retain a rear ground floor room with stopped and chamfered beam.

Included for surviving C17 origins and contribution of early C19 facade to High Street. Group value with No 58 High Street.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Designated Historic Asset GIS Data, The Welsh Historic Environment Service (Cadw), 2026-09-07, licensed under the Open Government Licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ Cadw, the Welsh Historic Environment Service · Open Government Licence v3.0
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