History

Early C18 house, now commercial premises. The ornate Victorian modillion cornice is also on No 2 Bridge Street adjoining. A c1910 photograph shows a tall rubble stone chimney on front roof slope, the windows without the present surrounds, the second floor right window blank, and two separate shop windows to ground floor with door in right bay. Occupied in earlier C20 by Arthur Williams, fruiterer, later by J and G Bland, motor dealers, and by the Abbey National Building Society in later C20, for whom the ground floor was altered.

Exterior

Commercial premises, painted roughcast and stucco with deep-eaved slate roof hipped at SE angle with ornate modillion brackets to eaves on both S front to Castle Square and E side to Bridge Street. Three storeys, three-window front. Plate glass sash windows in plain raised stucco eared surrounds (as on No 2). The windows to first floor centre and right are slightly wider than the others. Modern shop front on ground floor. Three bays to east front with narrow plate glass sashes to top floor, two to first floor, centre and right, and C20 shop window to ground floor. Hipped dormer.

Interior

Interior altered. Pine C19 roof trusses.

Reasons for Listing

Included notwithstanding alterations for its special architectural interest in a prominent position on Castle Square.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29507586

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy