Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Sycamore House
Wick, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Wick, Vale of Glamorgan, designated on 27 November 1998.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 27 November 1998
- Locality
- Wick
- Community
- Wick
- Unitary authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.43841, -3.54913
- Cadw reference
- 20974
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 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · The fourth table of England. Cornub. Devonia, Somerset etc. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1897 · 262 Pontypridd (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1897 · 262 Pontypridd (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Located on the N side of Church Street, 90m E of the Church of St. James, and next to the Lamb and Flag Public House.
History
Mid C19, a house is shown on this site on the Wick Tithe Map of 1840.
Exterior
Symmetrical 2-storey, 3-window range with lower flanking wings. Rendered masonry, slate roof, rendered end stacks. Central panelled front door with ornate fan-light under a slightly pointed arched head. The door is flanked by narrow french doors with decorated overlights and architraves with keystones. The upper storey has 12-pane horned sash windows with architraves. The R wing has an end stack, wider french doors and a 9-pane window above. The L wing has a 9-pane sash in the centre of the upper storey, and a hatch into the gable end. Later extensions and alterations to rear.
Interior
No access to interior at time of inspection (11/12/97).
Reason for designation
Listed as a well preserved example of a C19 gentry house.
Nearby in the register
- Primrose CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Bluebell CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Lamb CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Church of St. JamesReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.