Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Glyn Wern
Llanfarian, Ceredigion, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Chancery, Aberystwyth, Llanfarian, Ceredigion, designated on 21 January 1964.
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
- 52.36939, -4.08659
- Cadw reference
- 9847
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 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 · 178 Llanilar (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated at N end of cottage row on the E 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 on W and flanking 2 cottages on W. Possibly built for the Ffosrhydgaled estate, not marked on 1845 Tithe map.
Exterior
House formerly 2, in terrace of 4, the end ones gable-ended, the centre ones double fronted, with pointed windows, facing a matching terrace opposite. Whitewashed rubble with slate gabled roofs and massive stone stack. Formerly 2 dwellings, projecting gable-fronted cottage to left with wavy bargeboard, large 6-pane window with painted stone sill and stucco reveals to left with evidence of infill beneath, so probably formerly door with stone voussoirs to cambered head and to right is severely-pointed Gothic window with painted stone sill. Small panes of the mid to late C20, replacing window with interlacing glazing bars to head as elsewhere on the building. Massive stone stack with projecting coping to ridge, heightened in red brick, between this and recessed cottage to right. Left end gable has similar bargeboard and no windows.
Cottage to right has renewed small-paned lights with interlacing glazing bars to Gothic severely-pointed windows with stone voussoirs and stone sills. Centre boarded door with narrow rectangular overlight with small side margins. Cobbled forecourt.
Interior
Not inspected at resurvey.
Reason for designation
Included as a former pair of cottages in a tightly designed group of Gothic estate cottages.
Nearby in the register
- Ty GwynDomesticunder 1 mi
- GlenviewDomesticunder 1 mi
- PenfforddDomesticunder 1 mi
- LandwrDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.