Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
House at rear of Plas Porth yr Aur (2 High Street)
Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Walled town, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, designated on 3 May 2002.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 3 May 2002
- Locality
- Walled town
- Town
- Caernarfon
- Community
- Caernarfon
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.14057, -4.27790
- Cadw reference
- 26540
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1883 map "Watershed map England, Wales 3." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 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 · 105 Carnarvon (Hills) (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)
Cadw's description
Location
Set back behind 2 High Street (also known as Plas Porth yr Aur).
History
Built in the third quarter of the C19 and first shown on the 1888 Ordnance Survey, although still in Georgian style.
Exterior
A symmetrical 2-storey 3-window house of painted roughcast with slate roof and roughcast end stacks. It has a central panelled door and 16-pane sash windows. An office block is attached to the rear.
Interior
Not inspected.
Reason for designation
Listed as a house retaining C19 Georgian character in an important position close to the Town Wall, and for its contribution to the historic integrity of the walled town.
Nearby in the register
- Royal Welsh Yacht Club (also known as Porth yr Aur)Domesticunder 1 mi
- 6 High StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- 8 High StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- CilgwynDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.