60, Bishopston Road, Bishopston, Swansea, WEST GLAMORGAN, SA3 3EN, Bishopston, Swansea

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.583 / 51°34'58"N

Longitude: -4.0528 / 4°3'10"W

OS Eastings: 257864

OS Northings: 189121

OS Grid: SS578891

Mapcode National: GBR GW.G130

Mapcode Global: VH4KF.PGSV

Plus Code: 9C3QHWMW+5V

Entry Name: 60, Bishopston Road, Bishopston, Swansea, WEST GLAMORGAN, SA3 3EN

Listing Date: 14 September 1992

Last Amended: 29 September 1999

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 11732

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300011732

Location: Set back from the main road at the junction with a short lane, in the centre of the village. The front faces E.

County: Swansea

Town: Swansea

Community: Bishopston (Llandeilo Ferwallt)

Community: Bishopston

Built-Up Area: Murton

Traditional County: Glamorgan

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History

Early C19, late Georgian house. The doorway is lower than the windows, suggesting that the house may have earlier origins. Marked as a post-office on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey of 1877.

Exterior

Symmetrical 3-window, 2-storey house. Constructed of rendered rubble under a slate roof with stone end stacks. Recessed 12-pane hornless sash windows with slightly cambered heads and stone sills. Doorway under similar, lower head, containing a C20 planked door. To the R is a single-storey range of rubble stone, with a multi-pane window to the front, and a planked door with hatch above to N gable end. Continuous lean-to at rear of house with stack to R. Central doorway flanked by a 6-pane sash window to L and a casement window to R. Skylight in lean-to roof. C20 half-lit door in angle of house and lower range.

Interior

Narrow central stair hall with stairs immediately behind front door, flanked by reception rooms.

Reasons for Listing

Listed for its special interest as an especially well preserved early C19 building in the centre of the village.

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60, Bishopston Road, Bishopston, Swansea, WEST GLAMORGAN, SA3 3EN

A Grade II Listed Building in Bishopston, Swansea