Edleston House (Royal Commission on Ancient & Historic Monuments of Wales), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion

Coordinates

Latitude: 52.4182 / 52°25'5"N

Longitude: -4.0828 / 4°4'58"W

OS Eastings: 258449

OS Northings: 282058

OS Grid: SN584820

Mapcode National: GBR 8R.NRD0

Mapcode Global: VH4FC.5HX3

Plus Code: 9C4QCW98+7V

Entry Name: Edleston House (Royal Commission on Ancient & Historic Monuments of Wales)

Listing Date: 24 November 1987

Last Amended: 24 November 1987

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 10391

Building Class: Commercial

Also known as: Edleston House (Royal Commission On Ancient & Historical Monuments In Wales) Queen's Road

ID on this website: 300010391

Location: Midway along Queen's Road; Bowling Green to the rear.

County: Ceredigion

Community: Aberystwyth

Built-Up Area: Aberystwyth

Traditional County: Cardiganshire

Tagged with: Architectural structure

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History

Built probably in 1898 as a nursing home by Dr Bonsall, now converted to use as public archive and offices.

Exterior

Detached
Colonial style symmetrical 2-storey, 3-window scribed cement render front with channelled ground floor. Steep hipped slate roof with wide swept boarded eaves; tall cement rendered brick chimney stacks. Tall cross frame French windows; central entrance with panelled double doors. The chief interest of this building is the overall, full height cast-iron Coalbrookdale verandah with decorative detail including finials, traceried spandrels, fluted columns to first floor and foliage capitals.

Three-window (4-window to first floor) side elevations with similar detail, 1-storey extension set back to right and modern extension to rear.

Interior

Interior retains moulded plaster corbels to arch at end of entrance hall.

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Edleston House (Royal Commission on Ancient & Historic Monuments of Wales)

A Grade II Listed Building in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion