Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Office and Stores Building
Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey, designated on 17 October 1986.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 17 October 1986
- Community
- Holyhead
- Unitary authority
- Isle of Anglesey
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.31230, -4.62974
- Cadw reference
- 5735
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 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 93 Holyhead (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
Part of a large group of marine workshop buildings opposite Water Street, this block behind Fitting, Boiler, and Smithy Shops facing harbour.
History
1880-90, extended after 1916.
Exterior
Long 2-storey range, grey-green rubble, pale dressings, slate roofs with cut-down chimney stacks, projecting eaves, brackets to bargeboards. Facing harbour, irregular 10-window top floor 12-pane sashes with narrow 7-pane windows to L; arched voussoir heads to fixed lights on ground floor. Offset left hand lean-to (2 windows), deep hooded canopy with serrated valences to segmental stores entrance in centre.
Left gable end (rendered) has arched louvred ventilator near apex, central arched window with smaller window below, 2 first floor windows, one ground floor window to L, as narrow windows of front. Right gable has two first floor windows. Lean-to extension with arched openings to R some original iron windows with central hinged casement. Interior said to retain boardroom.
Reason for designation
Listed as part of a (probably) unique group of purpose-built marine service buildings at a major British ferry port.
Nearby in the register
- Fitting, Boiler and Smithy ShopsCommercialunder 1 mi
- Store, Old Boiler Shop & Sawmill buildings at Marine YardCommercialunder 1 mi
- Lower Churchyard Walls and GatewayReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Roman Wall Surrounding St Cybi's ChurchyardFortunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.