Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Penffordd
Llanfarian, Ceredigion, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 21 January 1964
- Locality
- Chancery
- Town
- Aberystwyth
- Community
- Llanfarian
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.36942, -4.08687
- Cadw reference
- 9845
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1830 "V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated at the centre of a short terrace on the W side of the A487 at Chancery.
History
Mid C19 picturesque Gothic cottage in one of 2 rows facing each other across the main road, the rows originally of 2 gable ended cottages flanking one double-fronted cottage. Possibly built for the Ffosrhydgaled estate, not marked on 1845 Tithe map.
Exterior
Single storey mid-terrace cottage in terrace of 3, the end ones gable-ended, the centre one double fronted, with pointed windows, facing a matching terrace opposite. Whitewashed rubble symmetrical frontage with pitched slate roof and massive stone end stacks, both heightened in later C20 red brick. To centre is boarded timber door with lightly cambered head. To left and right are severely-pointed Gothic windows with stone voussoirs and painted stone sills. Small-paned C20 lights replacing originals with interlacing bars to heads as elsewhere on the row. Cobbled paving to front.
Interior
Not inspected at time of survey.
Reason for designation
Included as a Gothic estate cottage in tightly designed group of such cottages.
Nearby in the register
- LandwrDomesticunder 1 mi
- GlenviewDomesticunder 1 mi
- Glyn WernDomesticunder 1 mi
- Ty GwynDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.