17 Alban Square is a Grade II* listed building in the Ceredigion local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 28 September 1961. Bridge. 1 related planning application.
17 Alban Square
- WRENN ID
- rusted-steeple-foxglove
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Ceredigion
- Constituency
- Ceredigion Preseli MP: Ben Lake (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 28 September 1961
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- 17 Alban Square, Aberaeron, SA46 0DB
- OS grid reference
- SN 460 628
- Coordinates
- 52.24253, -4.25688
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
17 Alban Square is a simple classical terrace building dating from the 19th century. It features two storeys and a symmetrical three-window front, with No 15 set forward and topped with a hipped roof. The front façades of Nos 15 and 19 are finished in scribed render, while Nos 16 to 18 are roughcast. No 19 has end pilaster strips, and Nos 15 and 18 display rusticated quoins. All buildings have cill bands on Nos 18 and 19 and plinths on all.
The roofs are slate, with wide boarded eaves and rendered and rubble chimney stacks. Nos 15 and 19 have 12-pane sash windows, except for the ground floor of No 15, which features 16-pane windows. Lugged architraves are present on Nos 15, 18, and 19, with keystones on Nos 15 and 18, and voussoir lintels on Nos 16 and 17. The ground floor windows of Nos 16 to 19 are set in segmental arched recesses, with architraves on Nos 18 and 19.
The arched entrances of Nos 15, 18, and 19 are designed with two orders, featuring panelled architraves and keystones on Nos 15 and 18. Nos 16 and 17 have Georgian pedimented doorcases for their arched entrances, complete with panelled reveals. No 15 has a three-panel door, while Nos 16 to 18 have five-pane fanlights, and No 19 boasts a six-panel door with an Art Nouveau glass fanlight.
Local climate
17 Alban Square sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,240 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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