Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
32 Alban Square
Aberaeron, Ceredigion, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Aberaeron, Ceredigion, designated on 28 September 1961.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 28 September 1961
- Locality
- Aberaeron
- Community
- Aberaeron
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.24213, -4.25840
- Cadw reference
- 9959
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)
- 1898 · 177 Aberaeron (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 177 Aberaeron (Outline) (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)
Cadw's description
Location
Part of a planned square between No 31 and the corner with Bridge Street; No 36 and 37 (London House) form one property.
History
Mid C19 (shown on ca. 1845 Tithe Map)
Exterior
Simple classical terrace of 2-storey, scribed render and roughcast frontages with rusticated quoins and end pilaster strips. 3-storey pyramidal hipped roof and pavilion (No 37); slate roofs, wide boarded eaves, cement render chimney stacks. 2-window fronts to Nos 32 to 34 and 37, 1-window front to No 35 and 3-windows (offset) to No 36. 12-pane sash windows to 1st floor except Nos 34 and 35, also to ground floor to Nos 33 and 26, No 37 has 9-pane sash windows to 2nd floor and tripartite sashes to ground floor. Voussoir lintels and lugged architraves. Cross gable with ornamental bargeboards and finial to No 34, above 2-storey bay; splayed bay to No 35. Modern shop fronts. Arched entrances with architraves to Nos 33 and 34; 6-panel doors and fanlights to Nos 33, 34 and 36; classical doorcase to No 36.
3-window Bridge Street roughcast front with similar window treatment.
Reason for designation
Group value.
Nearby in the register
- 33 Alban SquareCommercialunder 1 mi
- Black Lion HotelCommercialunder 1 mi
- 34 Alban SquareCommercialunder 1 mi
- 30 Alban SquareDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.