Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
18 Gwynant Street
Beddgelert, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Beddgelert, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, designated on 14 December 1961.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 14 December 1961
- Locality
- Beddgelert
- Town
- Caernarfon
- Community
- Beddgelert
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.01280, -4.10028
- Cadw reference
- 3737
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 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 · 119 Snowdon (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
History
Second-quarter C19 2-storey terrace of workman's cottages.
Exterior
Belongs to a group of 4.
Nos 18-21 (consec) Gwynant Street.
Second-quarter C19 2-storey terrace of workman's cottages. Of roughly-squared stone blocks under a continuous slate roof with tiled ridge and plain, shared chimneys. Single window cottages with returned slate labels and slate lintels to their ground floor. All the doors are C20. Of the ground floor windows, no 18 retains the original 16-pane sash; of the upper windows, nos 18 and 19 retain smaller C19 16-pane sashes under the eaves; the remainder are modern.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as a C19 workers' terrace in simple village vernacular style, and retaining traditional character, notwithstanding some loss of detail.
Group value with other listed items in Beddgelert village.
Nearby in the register
- TremafonDomesticunder 1 mi
- Bryn-CilioDomesticunder 1 mi
- Tan-RalltDomesticunder 1 mi
- 16 Gwynant StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.