Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Francesca, Studio One
Dolgellau, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 19 June 1990
- Community
- Dolgellau
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.74357, -3.88536
- Cadw reference
- 4940
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
One the street line at the corner with Waterloo Street.
History
Late Cl9 shop.
Exterior
3 storey with canted corner entrance. Snecked rubble masonry. Hipped slate roof, oversailing eaves. Stone stack.
2 Victorian sash windows set under eaves to 2nd floor facing Bridge Street. 2 rectangular oriels to lst floor. Hipped slate roofs, corniced tops, vertically paned Victorian sashes. Victorian sash with stone lintel to canted corner.
Good contemporary shopfront to ground floor. Continuous dentil cornice, advanced to form brackets under oriels. Plain fascia, sympathetic modern lettering. Reeded pilasters with console brackets flank all openings. Doorway to extreme left, deep rectangular fanlight, panelled door. Former doorway to centre, now window but rectangular fanlight retained. 2 light shop windows either side under oriels, rubble stallrisers.
Doorway to canted corner. T and G boarded reveals, modern door. Shopfront returned to Heol y Dwr over single light shop window, pilasters etc. láVictorian sash under eaves to 2nd floor. 2 similar, deeper windows to lst floor.
Reason for designation
Listed principally for shopfront.
Group value.
Nearby in the register
- British Red Cross SocietyCommercialunder 1 mi
- The Cader ShopCommercialunder 1 mi
- NewsagentsCommercialunder 1 mi
- Glyndwr Milk BarCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.