Williams Pwlldefaid

Pwllheli, Gwynedd, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Pwllheli, Gwynedd, designated on 28 July 1989.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Williams Pwlldefaid, Pwllheli, 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: 28 July 1989
Town: Pwllheli
Community: Pwllheli
Unitary authority: Gwynedd
Country: Wales
Coordinates: 52.88982, -4.41626
Cadw reference: 4518

TodayHistorical map

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)

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Cadw's description

Location

Near the corner with Penlan Street, set back beside the Midland Bank.

History

Established as a drapers and grocery in 1841 by the Williams family from Pwlldefaid. This building was almost certainly built, as a men’s outfitters, in 1899-1900 by Woolfall and Eccles, architects of Liverpool on land owned by the Wales Bank. It was said to be one of the best shops of its kind in North Wales.

Nearby in the register

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

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