Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Squirrel Cottage
Beaumaris, Isle of Anglesey, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 20 February 1978
- Locality
- Beaumaris
- Town
- Beaumaris
- Community
- Beaumaris
- Unitary authority
- Isle of Anglesey
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.26397, -4.09351
- Cadw reference
- 5629
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 1883 "Watershed map England, Wales 3." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Fronting the street in a block of buildings between Little Lane and Rating Row, and opposite the parish church.
History
Probably built in the late C18 and shown as a house on the 1829 town plan. By 1849 it was the Prince of Wales public house, later re-named the 'Old Prince of Wales', and was listed as such until at least 1895. It was given its present Georgian character in the late C19 during its period as a public house. It was latterly a fish-and-chip shop but is now once more a house.
Exterior
A 2-storey 2-window house with late-Georgian style pebble-dashed front painted pink, with smooth-rendered architraves and rusticated pilasters, slate roof and tall roughcast stack to the L. The entrance is offset to the R, indicating its vernacular origin, and has a replacement fielded-panel door incorporating 2 glazed panels, in a shallow gabled porch. Windows are renewed 12-pane horned sashes, except upper R, which has an 8-pane horned sash window in a canted oriel.
The rear has replaced windows and a long 2-storey rear wing.
Interior
The room on the L side retains a stop-chamfered cross beam and fireplace with C19 moulded surround, but the interior is otherwise altered.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special architectural interest as a house of definite C19 character, with earlier origin, in a prominent position opposite the parish church, and for its contribution to the historical integrity of Church Street.
Nearby in the register
- 24 Church StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- Church BankDomesticunder 1 mi
- House and Mortgage Buyers Advice CentreNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Wall, gates and gate piers on the E side of Beaumaris churchyardNo class recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.