Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Beck Hall
Uplands, Swansea, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 25 July 1994
- Community
- Uplands
- Unitary authority
- Swansea
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.61876, -3.97008
- Cadw reference
- 14618
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
Set back from road, opposite junction with Ernald Place.
History
Circa 1870. Marked on 1st Ed 25" OS map (surveyed 1878) as Gwydir Gardens.
Exterior
Three large semi-detached villa pairs, linked by side porches, now used as residences for Swansea University (with linking upper floor bridges). Each pair is 3 storeys over basement. Bathstone fronts with pilaster strips to projecting end bays and central pilaster strip expressing joint of houses; band courses at window sill levels. Grey rubble at basement level, rendered side elevations; slate roofs with bracketed eaves (lost to L pair); mainly horned sash windows with single large panes but some modern glazing especially to inner ground floor windows, and basement of E pair. Projecting end bays have on second floor, paired windows with segmental heads; on first floor paired windows with segmental heads and keystones and bracketed shelf at sill level, ground floor and basement have splayed bay with cornice. Inner bays have on second floor, window with segmental head; on first floor window with segmental head; ground floor window with bracketed cornice, basement has mullioned window of 2 lights. Houses have single storey porches to sides which link adjacent houses; steps up to porch with Doric pillars and stone balustrade, entrance door set back under semi-circular overlight. W pair of houses under repair at time of inspection.
Reason for designation
Included as good group of substantial mid-Victorian villas.
Nearby in the register
- 2 Eden AvenueDomesticunder 1 mi
- 1 Eden AvenueDomesticunder 1 mi
- 3 Eden AvenueDomesticunder 1 mi
- 5 Eden AvenueDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.