Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Grisiau Mawr (steps between Pencei (Cornhill) and Ffordd Garth)
Porthmadog, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 30 March 1951
- Locality
- Porthmadog
- Town
- Porthmadog
- Community
- Porthmadog
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.92337, -4.13094
- Cadw reference
- 4416
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1795 "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).
Cadw's description
Location
On the W side of Cornhill, between Ty Toronto and No 7 Cornhill.
History
Probably built in the mid C19 to connect the harbour with new houses on Garth Road, which were built from the mid C19 onwards. The steps are indicated on the 1871 Tremadog estate plan and shown on the 1885 harbour survey.
Exterior
Three steep contiguous flights of steps with renewed concrete treads over the original slate. The steps are between garden walls and end walls of the abutting buildings. Only at the bottom is there an iron handrail.
Reason for designation
Listed as a distinctive historical townscape feature for its contribution to the historical integrity of Porthmadog harbour.
Nearby in the register
- Ty TorontoCommercialunder 1 mi
- 7 Pencei (Cornhill)Domesticunder 1 mi
- 8 Pencei (Cornhill)No class recordedunder 1 mi
- 9 Pencei (Cornhill)No class recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.