Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
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Criccieth, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Criccieth, Gwynedd, designated on 12 December 1994.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 12 December 1994
- Community
- Criccieth
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.92026, -4.23050
- Cadw reference
- 15368
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 118 Nevin (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Set back from the road immediately E of the Church of Saint Deiniol.
History
Plans for the house were submitted for approval in 1890; the architect was John Douglas of Chester.
Exterior
Free-style house employing neo-vernacular detail. Roughcast render with ashlar dressings, and slate roof with red tiled crestings. Axial and end wall stacks. 2 storeys, 3-window main range with higher rear wing. Entrance towards rear in left hand side elevation. Main front faces S and is symmetrical, with full-height canted bay windows with hipped roofs to either side. These have stone mullioned and transomed windows with leaded upper panes to ground floor, and mullioned windows to first floor. They are linked at ground floor level by a 3-bay verandah, with turned wooden braced posts supporting a slate roof. 4-light mullioned and transomed window beneath verandah, and mullioned window to first floor beneath wide dormer gable. Higher rear wing has similar fenestration, and dormer window facing E in gambrel roof.
Reason for designation
Group value with the Church of Saint Deiniol, and a well-massed and detailed example of neo-vernacular design.
Nearby in the register
- Church of Saint DeiniolReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Memorial HallCommemorativeunder 1 mi
- Capel y TraethReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Hafod y BrynDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.