Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
7 St James Crescent
Uplands, Swansea, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 25 July 1994
- Community
- Uplands
- Unitary authority
- Swansea
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.61902, -3.96190
- Cadw reference
- 14601
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 NW of ST James’ Church, slightly above road, behind shallow garden.
History
Italianate house of circa 1870, now offices.
Exterior
Stucco, with stucco quoins and band course at first floor sill levels, slate roof with bracketed eaves, rendered chimneys; horned sash glazing. Two storey block to L, (small gabled dormer in roof), three storey projecting gabled wing to R; banded pilaster strips to angles. Left block has central bay flanked by pilasters, slightly at impost level; double-leaf doors and overlight, balustrade over; first floor round-headed window with moulded surround above, and string at imposts level; dentil cornice over. Outer bays each have on first floor, paired camber-headed windows in moulded surrounds, band course at sill level, on ground floor, splayed bay window with scrolled brackets at angles.
Gabled wing has round-headed horned sash window to second floor, Venetian window to first floor, splayed bay window with scrolled brackets at angles on ground floor. Left return has ground floor open loggia with Doric pillars.
Reason for designation
Almost unaltered example of mid-Victorian villa.
Nearby in the register
- 8 St James CrescentCommercialunder 1 mi
- 9 St James CrescentCommercialunder 1 mi
- 10 St James CrescentCommercialunder 1 mi
- 11 St James CrescentCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.