Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Penmount Square
Pwllheli, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 28 July 1989
- Community
- Pwllheli
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.88968, -4.41421
- Cadw reference
- 4579
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
At right angles to Nos 4 to 14 High Street, facing the Penmount Chapel school - room.
History
Mid C19 (not shown on John Wood’s 1834 map).
Exterior
In the earliest part of the town in the area formerly known as Pen-y-Mount. 2-storey, 1-window rubble fronts; slate roofs with skylights and rubble chimney stacks with massive weathercourses. The lintels on the ground floor form a near continuous band; modern windows and doors. Rubble right end and rear, part whitewashed.
Reason for designation
Included for group value with Nos 4 and 7 Penmount square, Penmount Chapel and Nos 4 to 14 High Street.
Nearby in the register
- 2 Penmount SquareDomesticunder 1 mi
- 4 High StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- 6 High StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- 8 High StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.