Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
1 St George's Terrace
Barmouth, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 3 April 1951
- Locality
- Old Barmouth
- Community
- Barmouth
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.72075, -4.05137
- Cadw reference
- 4904
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 1795 "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Cadw's description
Location
Located towards the top of the old town on a raised, parapetted terrace.
History
The terrace forms two of the formerly 13 St. George's Guild Cottages which formerly served a community founded by John Ruskin. From 1871 Ruskin published his socialist theories in a series of letters - the Fors Clavigera - which were addressed to 'the working men of England'. In that year he founded the Guild of St. George, 'a society established to carry out certain charitable acts', and the community at Barmouth was his first social experiment. It was made possible by the donation in 1874 of the land and cottages by Mrs Talbot of Tyn-y-Fynnon, a friend of Ruskin's and a sympathiser with his beliefs.
Reason for designation
Included despite modernisation as having belonged to Ruskin's guild and consequently of considerable socio-historic interest.
Nearby in the register
- 2 St George's TerraceDomesticunder 1 mi
- 3 & 4 St George's TerraceDomesticunder 1 mi
- Gibraltar CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- 5 St George's TerraceDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.