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42 Bridge Street

Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, designated on 10 May 2006.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of 42 Bridge Street, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation
Listed building, Grade II
Broad class
Domestic
Date of designation
10 May 2006
Locality
Aberystwyth
Community
Aberystwyth
Unitary authority
Ceredigion
Country
Wales
Coordinates
52.41250, -4.08523
Cadw reference
87490

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)

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Cadw's description

On the corner with Powell Street.

Probably mid C19. Old maps show 2 small houses on this site before breaking through of Powell Street.

Three storey, three window house. Rendered with quoins and moulded architraves, slate roof with end chimneys in polychrome brick.
Left hand bay has a top floor 4-pane sash above splayed oriel window, and on ground floor, a broad 6-pane former shop window with cornice.
Central bay has a top floor blind window above first floor 4-pane sash, and, on ground floor, a doorway with cornice and moulded door frame; rectangular overlight. Right hand bay has a top floor 4-pane sash above a two-storey splayed bay window. Left gable end to Powell Street has 2 small sash windows set towards rear.

Not inspected.

Included for Group Value with adjacent listed No 44, and with Listed buildings opposite.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Designated Historic Asset GIS Data, The Welsh Historic Environment Service (Cadw), 2026-09-07, licensed under the Open Government Licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ Cadw, the Welsh Historic Environment Service · Open Government Licence v3.0
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