Portland House

Cadw's description

Location

Situated the second house S of narrow way to Victoria Street opposite end of Garden Lane.

History

Earlier C19 house part of a row built up on land owned until 1880s by the Llwynywormwood estate. Of later C19 external character, with shopfront like that on No 13 but window altered in C20. Recorded as owned c1900 by Rees James and occuppied by John Davies saddler and bootmaker.

Exterior

Terraced house and shop, similar to No 13 and to same roofline as Nos 11-17. Three bays and 2 storeys with slate gabled roof, end chimneys and deep eaves. Painted roughcast facade with stucco dressings, sill band, long and short quoins to left and right to 1st floor, and channelled piers to ground floor. Plinth. Windows have vermiculated keys to shouldered surrounds to upper floor and left hand ground floor openings, all with plate-glass 2-pane horned sash windows. Window bays are offset slightly to left.
Central house door and shop front to right in shared casing of 3 pilasters, narrow frieze and cornice, and flat top (blind-box over shopfront). House door is C20 with plain rectangular overlight round, shop to right has earlier C20 half-glazed recessed shop door to left with plain rectangular overlight, and panelled soffit and left reveal. The door has a fielded panel and carved segmental curved panel at base of plate glass pane with cambered head. Shop has single pane canted in to door and plate glass front pane with brass framing and angle shaft.

Interior

Altered interior to shop.

Reason for designation

Included as a good example of a terraced house with later C19 detail including good surviving shopfront.