Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
15 Wexham Street
Beaumaris, Isle of Anglesey, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Beaumaris, Isle of Anglesey, designated on 20 February 1978.
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
- 53.26492, -4.09605
- Cadw reference
- 5687
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 1883 map "Watershed map England, Wales 3." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 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 · 94 Beaumaris (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1919 · Sheet 41. Anglesey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Fronting the street in a block of buildings on the W side of the junction with Stanley Street, opposite Henllys Lane.
History
Part of a cottage row shown on the 1829 town plan.
Exterior
A 1½-storey 2-window cottage with a pebble-dashed front painted cream, steep slate roof with shared stone stack to the R. It has a replacement panel door to the L, and replacement small-pane windows to the R and in 2 raked half dormers, replacing late C19 windows.
The whitened rubble-stone rear has an inserted window upper R and replacement glazed door. On the L side is a gabled rear wing of whitened rubble stone and slate roof. It has a central narrow boarded door, inserted windows R and L and modern inserted window in the gable end.
Interior
Modernised interior, although the stair is C19. Of 3 steep roof trusses partially visible, one has a collar beam.
Reason for designation
Listed, notwithstanding modern alteration, as an C18 vernacular cottage contributing to the historical integrity of Wexham Street.
Nearby in the register
- 13 Wexham StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- RutherglenNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Rock Nest, including attached stable and cart houseNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- The Old PostDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.