CASTLE HOUSE, KING STREET, ABERYSTWYTH

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RCAHMW colour transparency showing china model of Castle House, King Street, Aberystwyth

External source:
http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/96582/images/DI2006_1475.jpg
Owner:
RCAHMW
Creator:
RCAHMW Colour Transparencies
License information:
Reproduced by permission of Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales
All Rights Reserved
Copyright Details:
Crown Copyright: Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales 2006
Publisher Ref:
28577
Item uploaded:
30/12/2009
Date originally created:
16/10/2006
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Comments (1)

Submitted by Doliau - Welsh… on Mon, 30/07/2018 - 12:44

This is a reasonably accurate china model of Castle House, Aberystywth. It has a removable lid with 6 holes and might have been used as an incense burner. It has no maker's marks and probably dates to the 1820s. Several models identical to this (but without the colouring) are known.
Castle House was built on the sea front near Aberystwyth Castle in about 1795 to designs by John Nash for Sir Uvedale Price of Herefordshire. It formed part of Castle Hotel in 1865 which was purchased in 1872 to house the University. Castle House was demolished in 1897.