Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Penlan Fawr PH
Pwllheli, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Pwllheli, Gwynedd, designated on 28 July 1989.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 28 July 1989
- Community
- Pwllheli
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.88879, -4.41720
- Cadw reference
- 4575
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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)
Cadw's description
Location
Set in the slope near the bottom of the street; Cilcoed to right.
History
Said to have been at some stage a Chapel, School and Dentist’s Surgery. Doctor Johnson stayed here in 1774. Substantially earlier C17,
Exterior
2-storey structure with C19 re-windowing and raising of the eaves. 3-bay modern rendered front with unusually prominent 2-storey gabled porch to centre, projecting the full width of the pavement; 1-window to either side; plinth. Slate roof with metal sprockets to eaves and rendered rubble end chimney stacks, also to slightly lower porch roof. Small pane sash windows to 1st floor; leaded-glazed sash bar windows to ground floor. The porch has imitation half-timbering painted onto the upper part of the side walls; probably C19 broad square headed opening to the front with engaged octagonal piers; probably original segmental headed opening at the left hand side. Limewashed rear with adjoining modern extensions.
Interior
The ground floor interior has stone flagged floors and massive stop chamfered beams and joists. The right hand gable has a deep fireplace with similarly detailed cambered lintel. Contemporary roof trusses with some collars removed to provide attic accommodation. Some close studding to partition wall beside attic staircase. Metal pegged purlins with secondary purlins added when eaves raised.
Reason for designation
Group value.
Nearby in the register
- CilcoedDomesticunder 1 mi
- Omar Khayam including former carriage entry to Penlan Fawr P.H.Commercialunder 1 mi
- Siop Megan & Solicitors OfficeCommercialunder 1 mi
- L-Plan outbuildings to rear of Penlan Fawr P.H.Agriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.