1A-1E, Emlyn Square

1A-1E Emlyn Square is a building constructed in 1846 for the Great Western Railway Company. It is made of coursed limestone rubble with ashlar quoins and has a slate roof. This three-storey corner block features one bay facing Emlyn Square and three bays that return to London Street, with a splayed corner. The entrance is located in a two-storey lower section on Emlyn Square. The windows have chamfered ashlar quoining, with twenty-pane casements on the ground floor, sixteen-pane above, and eight-pane on the splayed corner, all adorned with label mouldings. Each gable includes a keyed oval oculus. The building is part of a historically significant village designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel to accommodate workers for the Great Western Railway, with construction starting in 1842 and most buildings completed by 1855. The village is recognized as one of Britain’s best-preserved and architecturally ambitious railway settlements.