Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
St Anne House
Barmouth, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Barmouth, Gwynedd, designated on 3 April 1951.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 3 April 1951
- Locality
- Barmouth
- Community
- Barmouth
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.72282, -4.05459
- Cadw reference
- 4907
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1795 map "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).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 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 · 149 Barmouth (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Raised up on a terrace and set back to the N of the street; reached via a long flight of steps.
History
A large former Inn known originally as the Lion Inn, and subsequently as the Belle Vue. Built in the third quarter C18.
Exterior
A symmetrical 7 bay Georgian building of 3 storeys plus attic. Rough dressed stone construction with slate roof; rubble gable parapets and plain end stacks with weather coursing. Central recessed entrance with moulded wooden doorcase and Victorian 4-panel door with upper arched lights. C20 wooden pedimented porch on plain chamfered columns. Slightly recessed modern 12-pane sash-style windows. 3-baypediment to roof with multi-pane glazed oculus; plain C19 bargeboards and wooden finial. Bays 1 and 6 have deeply recessed (apparently C20)entrances to ground floor with modern part-glazed doors.
Reason for designation
A simple, well balanced Georgian Inn of historic interest to Barmouth and in a commanding position.
Group value with St. John's Church.
Nearby in the register
- St John's ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Church HallRecreationalunder 1 mi
- TanyralltDomesticunder 1 mi
- Tanyrallt CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.