Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Siop Bapur Newydd
Bala, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Bala, Gwynedd, designated on 13 December 2001.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 13 December 2001
- Community
- Bala
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.91025, -3.59857
- Cadw reference
- 26005
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid 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)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 136 Bala (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
On the corner with High Street.
History
Early C19 house and shop retaining its original unhorned sashes to the upper floors; C20 alterations to ground floor.
Exterior
Three-storey late Georgian house and shop occupying a corner plot. Of local rubble construction with slate roof and end chimneys; plain cornicing. The corner is angled and contains an entrance; with part-glazed double doors and narrow rectangular overlight; the roof to this section is correspondingly hipped. Plain-glazed shop windows to Tegid Street and High Street elevations, the 2 to the latter with blind box above. Original unhorned sashes to the upper floors, twelve-pane to the first floor, and 6-pane to the second, all with marginal glazing; projecting stone sills and flat-arched lintels throughout. Secondary entrance with overlight to the Tegid Street elevation, to the L.
Interior
The interior was not inspected at the time of survey.
Reason for designation
Listed as an early C19 house and shop on a prominent corner site retaining good original character, particularly its marginally-glazed sashes and ashlared heads.
Group value with Cwpwrdd Cornel, adjacent, and other listed items in Tegid Street.
Nearby in the register
- Cwpwrdd Cornel CafeCommercialunder 1 mi
- China Treasure TakeawayCommercialunder 1 mi
- E.J. Theodore, IronmongerCommercialunder 1 mi
- Y Siop FachCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.