Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
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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
- 52.88981, -4.41702
- Cadw reference
- 4496
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 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
Approximately midway along the western arm of High Street; set into a continuous row of street frontages.
History
Probably ca 1800 origins, formerly Kings Head PH.
Exterior
3-storey, 2+1-window scribed render front - the asymmetry created by the fact that it was originally two properties. Slate roof and red brick chimney stacks with weathercourse bands. Recessed 12-pane sashes with lugged architraves to 2nd floor, moulded to 1st floor. Good Victorian shop front, almost full width ramped fascia with blind box by Dean of Putney; fluted pilaster and bracket to left - mutilated to right. Carved spandrels to both windows with Corinthian colonnetttes. Splayed central entrance with double half glazed doors. Boarded door to left.
Large 2-storey modern extension at rear.
Reason for designation
Group value.
Nearby in the register
- Lo-Cost FoodstoreCommercialunder 1 mi
- 58 High StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- ChemistCommercialunder 1 mi
- Tower Hotel (including Courtyard Ranges)Commercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.