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Omar Khayam including former carriage entry to Penlan Fawr P.H.

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 Omar Khayam including former carriage entry to Penlan Fawr P.H., 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
52.88887, -4.41704
Cadw reference
4574

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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

Stepped up from Penlan Fawr PH; No 26 set forward to left.

The left hand part is early C19 and the right hand part including the carriage entry is later C19 (now shown on John Wood’s 1834 map).

2-storey 2-window rendered front with slate roof and cement rendered chimney stack to right gable. Cross frame window to left and small pane pivot window to left and small pane pivot window to right. Modern shopfront to Omar Khayyam; segmental arched carriage entrance to right with stepped keystones and boarded doors.

Pebbeldashed rear with cross range to left now separate from the courtyard to rear of Penlan Fawr the stable range of which adjoining the cross range of this building.

The interior is said to have once been used as a theatre.

Included for group value with Penlan Fawr.

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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