Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Police Station, including forecourt railings and gate piers
Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade I listed building in Walled town, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, designated on 8 October 1953.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade I
- Broad class
- Civil
- Date of designation
- 8 October 1953
- Locality
- Walled town
- Town
- Caernarfon
- Community
- Caernarfon
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.13958, -4.27818
- Cadw reference
- 3827
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
At the W end of Castle Ditch abutting the Town Wall and directly opposite Caernarfon Castle.
History
Built in 1853 (date on building) as the Chief Constable's Office, and incorporating part of the medieval Town Wall in its gable end.
Exterior
Neo-classical style, of 3 bays and 3 storeys, in ashlar with angle pilaster strips, slate roof behind a low coped parapet on a moulded cornice, and panelled stone end stacks. The central pedimented bay is advanced and is rusticated in the lower storey. Its doorway is set back in an arched recess and has double panelled doors. Flanking ground-floor windows are set back in similar arched recesses. The windows are 12-pane hornless sashes in the lower and middle storeys. In the middle storey the central window has a segmental pediment, the outer windows triangular pediments. The upper storey has 6-pane hornless sash windows under hood moulds. The central pediment has a dated tablet.
The L gable end is built into Town Wall and is rubble stone with coped gable and freestone dressings. In the lower storey are 2 late C19 small-pane windows under shouldered lintels. Below the L-hand window is the jamb and part of the arch of a blocked medieval postern gate. In the middle storey is a sash window to the R of a single over 2 panes, while upper L is a window with 6 over 2-pane sash.
The forecourt is enclosed by cast iron railings with anthemion finials, on a dressed stone dwarf wall. Central stone steps are framed by square panelled gate piers with moulded caps.
Interior
Not inspected.
Reason for designation
Listed grade I as a well-preserved C19 public building of strong architectural character, as an integral component of an important group of public buildings including the former shire hall and the former jail, and for its contribution to the setting of Caernarfon Castle.
Nearby in the register
- The Anglesey Hotel Including Courtyard Wall to RearCommercialunder 1 mi
- County Court (former County Hall)Civilunder 1 mi
- Quay walls at Slate QuayMaritimeunder 1 mi
- Swyddfa'r CyngorCivilunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.