Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Dolfor
Llansantffraed, Ceredigion, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 30 April 1996
- Locality
- Llanon
- Community
- Llansantffraed
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.28325, -4.17592
- Cadw reference
- 17907
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 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated on the E side of the main street, Stryd Fawr, in Llanon some 170m N of the Central Hotel.
History
Terraced row of mid C19 houses in late Georgian style derived from Aberaeron.
Exterior
Row of three C19 houses. Stuccoed and roughcast stone with slate roofs, stone stacks and bracketed eaves. Two storeys, 12-pane sashes and slate sills. Barbara has white-painted rendered 3-window front and central 6-panelled door with overlight. Iron railings and gate on low rubble stone wall. Dolfor and Priory are a mirrored pair of two-window houses, the entrance bays in centre close-spaced. Unpainted roughcast. Dolfor has C20 12-pane windows and 6-panelled door with traceried overlight. Priory has similar 6-panelled door with plain overlight, and hornless 12-pane sashes. Both doors are in double doorcase with plain raised piers, three console brackets and thin shelf top. Row was intended to continue to L. of Barbara, which has left corner jutting masonry.
Reason for designation
Included ( not withstanding some altered windows )as a short row of mid C19 late Georgian style houses prominent on the main road on approach to Llanon from N.
Nearby in the register
- PrioryDomesticunder 1 mi
- BarbaraDomesticunder 1 mi
- MaesllynDomesticunder 1 mi
- WerndegDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.