Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
3 Ala Uchaf
Pwllheli, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Pwllheli, Gwynedd, designated on 28 July 1989.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 28 July 1989
- Community
- Pwllheli
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.88891, -4.41893
- Cadw reference
- 4485
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1830 map "V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 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 · 134 Pwllheli (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
On the northern corner with Ala Uchaf, formerly the site of the Pig Market.
History
Earlier C19 origins (as shown on John Wood’s 1834 map) with later C19 alterations and enlargement.
Exterior
3-storeys, with scribed render elevations - 2-window to Gaol Street, 1-window to splayed corner and 2+1-window to Ala Uchaf. Slate roof and red brick chimney stacks; sash windows without glazing bars. Overall Victorian timber shop front with ramped and lettered fascia, panelled pilaster strips rising from corbelled cill band and panelled stallriser with circular motif. Plate glass shop windows. Semicircular rere-arch to recessed entrance on splayed corner with half glazed double doors and coloured glass fanlight. 4-panel door at extreme left end to No 3 Ala Uchaf.
Reason for designation
Group value with other listed items in Gaol Street and Ala Uchaf.
Nearby in the register
- R.Gwynedd Evans & SonCommercialunder 1 mi
- Siop GwalltCommercialunder 1 mi
- 5 Ala UchafCommercialunder 1 mi
- 7 Gaol StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.