11 John Street

Bethesda, Gwynedd, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Bethesda, Bangor, Gwynedd, designated on 25 April 1997.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of 11 John Street, Bethesda, Gwynedd, with a pin at the register's coordinates — Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation: Listed building, Grade II
Broad class: Domestic
Date of designation: 25 April 1997
Locality: Bethesda
Town: Bangor
Community: Bethesda
Unitary authority: Gwynedd
Country: Wales
Coordinates: 53.18013, -4.06167
Cadw reference: 18415

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1896 map "Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1899 · 106 Bangor (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1899 · 106 Bangor (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1919 · Sheet 41. Anglesey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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Cadw's description

Location

Situated at upper end of winding street above High Street some 70m N of Capel Bethesda.

History

Earlier C19 pair of houses, possibly originally built as a block of four in a form of back-to-back plan called cluster housing.

Exterior

Whitewashed with C20 door. Side house has 4-pane sash each floor and added porch obscuring door.

Reason for designation

Included for the unusual house plan, an early type of industrial housing.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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