Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
5 Segontium Terrace
Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Caernarfon, Gwynedd, designated on 31 March 1983.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 31 March 1983
- Locality
- Caernarfon
- Town
- Caernarfon
- Community
- Caernarfon
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.13893, -4.27396
- Cadw reference
- 3922
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
A terraced house overlooking Slate Quay.
History
Built with No 6 as a pair of terraced houses in the early C19 and shown on the 1810 and 1834 town maps. 5-9 Segontium Terrace represents the early development of middle-class urban housing outside the town centre and the site was chosen for its view over the Afon Seiont at a time before the full development of Slate Quay as a port.
Exterior
Belongs to a group of 5-6 Segontium Terrace.
A reflected pair of late Georgian 2-bay 3-storey houses, of pebble-dashed walls and slate roof, on moulded eaves to No 5, and roughcast stack to the L. Doorways are to the inner bays. No 5 has a doorcase with fluted pilasters and hood, No 6 has reeded pilasters and a shallow canopy on thin consoles above the door. Both have replaced doors and overlights. The windows are in keyed architraves and are shorter in the upper storey. No 5 has replaced windows and No 6 has 4-pane horned sashes.
Reason for designation
Listed as an ambitious urban development prominently sited above Slate Quay. Notwithstanding some loss of its original unified design, the terrace contributes to the strong Georgian tradition in Caernarfon and documents the growing prosperity of the town in the early C19 in the wake of the development of Caernarfon as a major N Wales port.
Nearby in the register
- 6 Segontium TerraceDomesticunder 1 mi
- 7 Segontium TerraceDomesticunder 1 mi
- Post OfficeCommunicationsunder 1 mi
- 8 Segontium Terrace, including forecourt railingsDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.