Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
2 Castle Street
Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Walled town, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, designated on 29 May 1968.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 29 May 1968
- Locality
- Walled town
- Town
- Caernarfon
- Community
- Caernarfon
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.14060, -4.27692
- Cadw reference
- 3847
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
In a row of frontages at the N end of Castle Street.
History
An early C19 house shown on the 1834 town plan. It was adapted to commercial use by the late C19 and was a grocer's store in 1895.
Exterior
A late Georgian 2-bay 3-storey house of brick painted white, with graded slate roof. Windows have wedge lintels and are 12-pane horned sashes in the middle storey and 9-pane horned sashes in the upper storey. In the lower storey is a late C19 shop front. It retains fluted pilasters and panelled fascia end brackets, and has a replaced door recessed to the centre and a half-lit panelled door to the L end giving access to the upper storeys.
Interior
Not inspected.
Reason for designation
Listed as a late Georgian town house retaining early character within a terraced street, and for its contribution to the historic integrity of the walled town.
Nearby in the register
- Castle HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- 4 Castle StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- Ty SidanDomesticunder 1 mi
- Castle RestaurantDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.