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Aurora

Llanarth, Ceredigion, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Llanarth, Ceredigion, designated on 3 June 1964.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Aurora, Llanarth, 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
3 June 1964
Locality
Llanarth
Community
Llanarth
Unitary authority
Ceredigion
Country
Wales
Coordinates
52.19285, -4.30862
Cadw reference
9774

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1899 · 194 Llangranog (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1919 · Sheet 78. Lampeter. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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Cadw's description

Location

Situated at the upper end of SW side of Alma Street (A 487), attached to Hafan to E.

History

Mid C19 village house, not marked on 1840 Tithe Map.

Exterior

Unpainted roughcast with stucco dressings, bracket eaves, slate roof and roughcast end stacks. Two-storey, three-window range of hornless 12-pane sashes with centre ledged door and radiating-bar fanlight. Openings have plain raised surrounds, angles have channelled piers.
House is built on a terrace, but left side has access way to basement door. Stable door with strap hinges.

Reason for designation

One of a row of houses of the Aberaeron type lining main road in Llanarth.

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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