Anchorage

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 Anchorage, 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: Domestic
Date of designation: 28 July 1989
Community: Pwllheli
Unitary authority: Gwynedd
Country: Wales
Coordinates: 52.88930, -4.41902
Cadw reference: 4547

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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

Set in the slope behind The Whitehall PH, near the crossroads at the end of the High Street.

History

Pair of early C19 2-storey with ca 1900 alterations.

Exterior

Coursed rubble 2-window fronts (painted to No 2) with slate roofs and red brick chimney stacks; No 4 has attic skylights. Both have splayed bay windows to ground floor with dentil cornices and 4-pane sash glazing; similar 1st floor windows to No 4 and 16-pane sashes to No 2. Half glazed door to No 2 and 6 panel door to No 4 which also has a cellar opening.

Reason for designation

Included for group value with The Whitehall PH, Gaol Street.

Nearby in the register

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

Designated Historic Asset GIS Data, The Welsh Historic Environment Service (Cadw), 2026-09-07, licensed under the Open Government Licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ Cadw, the Welsh Historic Environment Service · Open Government Licence v3.0

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