Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Stanley Cottages
Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 25 July 1994
- Community
- Holyhead
- Unitary authority
- Isle of Anglesey
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.30044, -4.62731
- Cadw reference
- 14748
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
On corner of Tyn Pwll Road and Cytir Road. U-plan layout of three ranges. Nos 1&2 face Tyn Pwll Road, Nos 3-5 face Cytir Road, no 6 faces side lane.
History
Built as almshouses circa 1866 by the Hon W O Stanley, MP, and his wife Ellen (nee Williams).
Exterior
Single storey group of cottages. Grey brown rubble with paler freestone plinth, quoins, and dressings; slate roof, tallchimneys with diagonally set stacks. Modern top-hung casement windows in original openings.
Tyn Pwll Road range has five windows and two shallow gabled porches in stone, pointed arches to doorways, panelled doors. To L , cross gable has heraldic shield (slate) near apex with arms of the Stanley and Williams families (brought from Ellen's Tower (twr Ellin) on Holyhead Mountain). Range facing Cytir Road has six windows and three shallow gabled porches in stone, pointed arches to doorways, panelled doors. Range to lane (off Cytir Road) has gable (R), and shallow gabled porch as others, 2 windows to R, single window to L; rubble wawll continues to L.
Reason for designation
Included as only almshouse group in area, and for historical connection with local Stanley family.
Nearby in the register
- Stanley CottagesDomesticunder 1 mi
- Stanley CottagesDomesticunder 1 mi
- Stanley CottagesDomesticunder 1 mi
- Stanley CottagesDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.