Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
16 Gaol Street
Pwllheli, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 1 June 1949
- Community
- Pwllheli
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.88884, -4.41852
- Cadw reference
- 4486
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 1830 "V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Set in the slope to left of Penlan Chapel.
History
Probably later C18 with C19 and modern alterations.
Exterior
Long, low 2-storey 2+2+2-window rendered front, scribed cement render to No 20; painted plinth to Alcatraz. Steep old slate roof with overhanging eaves and rubble chimney stacks (removed to No 16) - that to No 18 is especially tall and has brick heightening. Prominent modern blinds to Alcatraz. Mostly 16-pane sash windows to 1st floor; 1 sash to ground floor of No 16, otherwise fixed glazed windows, small pane to No 20. Modern half glazed and boarded doors.
Rubble right hand gable end and undulating slate roof to rear backing onto Penlan Chapel burial ground.
Interior
Internally the buildings have been much modernised and the dividing wall between Nos 14 and 16 has been removed.
Reason for designation
Group value with other listed items in Gaol Street.
Nearby in the register
- AlcatrazDomesticunder 1 mi
- T.N.WilliamsCommercialunder 1 mi
- R.Gwynedd Evans & SonCommercialunder 1 mi
- Siop GwalltCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.