Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
5 Eden Avenue
Uplands, Swansea, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 25 July 1994
- Locality
- Uplands
- Town
- Swansea
- Community
- Uplands
- Unitary authority
- Swansea
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.62058, -3.97069
- Cadw reference
- 14568
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
To R of Nos 1 & 3, behind stone garden wall with stone arch to gateway.
History
Detached house of circa 1913.
Exterior
Pebbledashed with stone quoins, some exposed red brick, tiled roof; casement windows with square lead cames.
Two storeys, two large gabled blocks with L gable set forward, half-timbered to apex which overhangs two storey splayed bay window, exposed quoins to this block. To R, first floor 3-light window, on ground floor, loggia with tiled roof, hipped to R, door to L, set back, to R, 4-light bay window.
Elevation to L has first floor 3-light small-pane wooden casement window, ground floor has 2 round headed windows.
Reason for designation
Included as part of good well-preserved group of early C20 housing on W side of Eden Avenue.
Group value.
Nearby in the register
- VicarageDomesticunder 1 mi
- 3 Eden AvenueDomesticunder 1 mi
- 9 Eden AvenueDomesticunder 1 mi
- 1 Eden AvenueDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.