2 Laura Place is a Grade II* listed building in the Ceredigion local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 21 July 1961. Terraced houses.

2 Laura Place

WRENN ID
upper-outpost-frost
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Ceredigion
Constituency
Ceredigion Preseli MP: Ben Lake (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
21 July 1961
Type
Terraced houses
Address
2 Laura Place, Aberystwyth
OS grid reference
SN 580 816
Coordinates
52.41467, -4.08789
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

2 Laura Place is a two-storey building with a basement and attic, featuring a three-window stucco front that steps up at No 4. The ground floors are scribed, and there are quoins with a bracketed cill band at No 1. The building has slate roofs that are hipped at the ends, wide bracket eaves, and rubble chimney stacks with brick cappings. The dormers are slate hung and have paired sash windows with cusped bargeboards, while the lower levels have small-pane sash windows, with taller ones on the ground floors. Nos 1 and 4 have margin details, and No 1 features bracket cornices on the ground floor. Nos 2 to 6 have blind boxes, and the central first-floor windows of Nos 1 to 3 are blocked. The entrances to Nos 1 to 5 are offset to the right, and No 6 has its entrance on New Street. All entrances retain fine doorcases with Roman Doric columns, bracketed hoods, and panelled doors, except for No 6, which has reeded details. The fanlights vary, with modern ones at No 6, and No 3 is illuminated by carriage lamps. Wrought iron railings with interlace balusters are preserved at the front. The end elevations of Nos 1 and 6 are also stuccoed, with windows spaced broadly at No 1 and all but one blocked at No 6. No 6 has a stepped-down extension at the rear with the main entrance. The rear features various cross ranges and lean-tos made of roughcast and whitewashed rubble, with some small-pane sash windows and dormers. Notably, No 4 has an Art Nouveau chimney pot on its cross range.

The interiors of the building retain some fine features. No 6 includes an ornate openwell staircase, and a segmental arch on Doric columns leads to the dining room, which has moulded cornices, panelled shutters, and doors.

Local climate

2 Laura Place sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,290 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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