Harbourmaster Hotel (Formerly the Red Lion Hotel), Aberaeron, Ceredigion

Coordinates

Latitude: 52.2435 / 52°14'36"N

Longitude: -4.2632 / 4°15'47"W

OS Eastings: 245579

OS Northings: 263005

OS Grid: SN455630

Mapcode National: GBR DJ.0TCQ

Mapcode Global: VH3JL.2W30

Plus Code: 9C4Q6PVP+CP

Entry Name: Harbourmaster Hotel (Formerly the Red Lion Hotel)

Listing Date: 28 September 1961

Last Amended: 25 September 1986

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 10093

Building Class: Commercial

ID on this website: 300010093

Location: Situated at the NW end of Quay Parade close to the sea front and facing SW across the entrance to the harbour.

County: Ceredigion

Community: Aberaeron

Built-Up Area: Aberaeron

Traditional County: Cardiganshire

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History

Early C19. One of the earliest buildings in Aberaeron and contemporary with the Harbour built between 1807 and 1811 by Rev Alban T J Gwynne. Purpose built to enable the harbour master to monitor all shipping.

Exterior

Classical 3-storey and attic 3-window roughcast front with cill bands and rusticated long and short quoins. Slate roof with very wide boarded eaves, brick end stacks and central transverse gable with wide bracket eaves to ‘look out’ room lit by 2-pane semicircular headed sash window. 12-pane sash windows to all 3 floors, with deep plain reveals, lightly lugged architraves and projecting cills. Later projecting pitched slate roof porch to centre; 6-panel door and ornamental fanlight within.

Plain rendered right side with projecting chimney breast. Converted warehouse abutts at ground floor level. Plain rendered left side with 2 sash windows with glazing bars. Colourwashed rubble rear with narrow eaves and two 3-light sash windows with glazing bars to each floor with 2-light sash mezzanine staircase windows. Later extensions to rear.

Interior

Interior retains Geometrical circular staircase.

Reasons for Listing

Group value.

External Links

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II NO.3 Quay Parade, Dyfed
Facing SW overlooking the harbour, at the end of the parade close to the Harbourmaster Hotel and on the corner with Waterloo Street.
II Gwel-y-Werydd
Facing SW overlooking the harbour, at the end of the parade close to the Harbourmaster Hotel and on the corner with Waterloo Street.
II NO.5 Quay Parade, Dyfed
End of row and facing SW overlooking the harbour.
II Northeast Pier
Situated at the end of the NE quay and forming a splay at the north of the River Aeron.
II NO.4 Waterloo Street, Dyfed
Near the corners with Tabernacle Street and Drury Lane, adjoining the right end of No 10 Tabernacle Street
II Arba
Facing SW overlooking the harbour; part of a continuous row of frontages but higher than the adjoining buildings.
II NE Quay
Running full length of Quay Parade SE from angle with pier by Harbourmaster Hotel to corner with Pwll Cam by Aquarium. Known as ‘Liverpool Side’.
II Trafalgar
Facing SW overlooking the harbour; part of a continuous row of frontages but higher than the adjoining buildings.

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Harbourmaster Hotel (Formerly the Red Lion Hotel)

A Grade II Listed Building in Aberaeron, Ceredigion