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Borth, Ceredigion, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Borth, Ceredigion, designated on 8 December 1997.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 8 December 1997
- Locality
- Borth
- Town
- Borth
- Community
- Borth
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.48641, -4.05071
- Cadw reference
- 19154
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1830 map "V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 163 Aberystwyth (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated on the E side of the High Street in Borth some 120m N of the road to the Roman Catholic church, Our Lady Star of The Sea.
History
Earlier C19 house, possibly marked on the Tithe Map of 1845.
Exterior
Whitewashed render with slate roof and stone end stacks, larger to the right. Two-storey three-window range, centre doorway and first floor window offset to left. First floor has 12-pane hornless sashes with slate sills. Ground floor windows are 16-pane hornless sashes with slate sills. Glazed door. Cobbled path to doorway which has pilasters, cornice and keystone.
Reason for designation
Listed as the best surviving example in Borth of the double-fronted late Georgian smaller house.
Nearby in the register
- AngorfaDomesticunder 1 mi
- MorfanDomesticunder 1 mi
- Sabrina CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Borth StationTransportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.