Chick King (including 80 Ambrose Street)

Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Hirael, Bangor, Gwynedd, designated on 2 August 1988.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Chick King (including 80 Ambrose Street), Bangor, Gwynedd, with a pin at the register's coordinates — Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation: Listed building, Grade II
Broad class: Commercial
Date of designation: 2 August 1988
Locality: Hirael
Town: Bangor
Community: Bangor
Unitary authority: Gwynedd
Country: Wales
Coordinates: 53.23211, -4.11783
Cadw reference: 3943

TodayHistorical map

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1896 map "Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1899 · 106 Bangor (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1899 · 106 Bangor (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)

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Cadw's description

Location

On the corner with Ambrose Street, facing the foreshore.

History

Shown on John Wood’s 1834 map.

Exterior

Late Georgian 2-storey structure with 3-window rubble elevations, symmetrical to main front. Slate roof and brick chimney stacks; 12-pane sash windows, some horned. Modern shop front canopies to main elevation and central 6-panel door with voussoir lintel below slate plaque. This states that John Richards, composer, lived in this house (1834-1901); the plaque was unveiled on August 5 1943. 6-panel door to Ambrose Street with diamond panelled fanlight.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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