Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Clifton
Dyffryn Arth, Ceredigion, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 23 May 1996
- Locality
- Aberarth
- Community
- Dyffryn Arth
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.25280, -4.23056
- Cadw reference
- 17474
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 1830 "V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated backing onto the low seaside cliff on the W bank of the Arth, the northernmost building on this side.
History
Mid C19 pair of well-proportioned houses, forming a short terrace.
Exterior
Colour-washed and whitewashed rubble stone with slate roof, and three stone stacks. Two-storey, five-window range.
Clifton has three-window range with ridge stack between second and third bays, colour-washed front and painted stucco flanking strips. Manteg has two-window range, whitewashed and right end added lean-to. Hornless 12-pane sashes. Clifton has centre 3-panel door with overlight, Manteg door in left bay with 3-pane overlight.
A little altered pair of regional Georgian style houses, the position of the chimney stack suggesting that possibly Clifton was once two houses.
Nearby in the register
- MantegDomesticunder 1 mi
- Bethel ChapelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Felin AberarthIndustrialunder 1 mi
- DelfanDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.