Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
House
Morriston, Swansea, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 30 September 1993
- Community
- Morriston
- Unitary authority
- Swansea
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.66063, -3.92495
- Cadw reference
- 15856
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
On SE corner of Martin Street and Banwell Street.
History
Built as part of new market complex by Swansea Council in 1875. Included police station, reading room (later library), house, and market yard to rear.
Later used as fire station.
Exterior
Two storeys; brown stone elevations, slate roofs. On corner of Banwell Street, former house has central chimney with four octagonal stacks; two first floor gables with mullioned windows set across eaves. Central ground floor gabled porch to entrance doorway; window to each side (altered glazing). W elevation has gable with mullioned upper floor window, and ground floor stone splayed bay window (mullions removed); mullioned window to R.
Former police station (parallel to Martin Street) has, to L, two chimneys with paired octagonal stacks. Five large gables to first floor, each with mullioned and transomed window. Bandcourse between floors. Ground floor has, to L, Gothic-arched entrance doorway, double-leaf entrance doors with overlight; to R, mullioned window; doorway with shouldered arch; two square-headed openings with modern shopfront glazing.
Former market ranges to rear altered and no longer of special interest.
Reason for designation
Listed for interest as later C19 urban improvement.
Nearby in the register
- Former Police StationDomesticunder 1 mi
- Philadelphia Chapel inc. attached Chaple House and attached Sunday SchoolReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Church of St JohnReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Danbert House (former Employment Exchange)Domesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.