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2 Market Square

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 2 Market Square, 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
Community
Pwllheli
Unitary authority
Gwynedd
Country
Wales
Coordinates
52.88956, -4.41685
Cadw reference
4549

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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 back to the left of the Old Town Hall.

History

Early C19 (shown on John Wood’s 1834 map); Formerly The Corporation Arms PH.

Exterior

3-storey, 3-window scribed render front - windows offset to right. Slate roof, hipped to right; horned sash windows. Cambered brick arch with boarded door at extreme left end and 4-panel door at extreme right end. Shop front to middle with end pilasters and large 6-pane sash windows flanking splayed entrance with double half glazed doors.

Cobbled through passage and narrow yard to rear.

Reason for designation

Group value with neighbouring listed items.

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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