Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Williams Pwlldefaid
Pwllheli, Gwynedd, Wales
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
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
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
- HarpersCommercialunder 1 mi
- Midland BankCommercialunder 1 mi
- Abbey NationalCommercialunder 1 mi
- 49 High StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.