Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
18 Maengwyn Street
Tywyn, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Tywyn, Gwynedd, designated on 24 June 2005.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- No class recorded
- Date of designation
- 24 June 2005
- Locality
- Tywyn
- Town
- Tywyn
- Community
- Tywyn
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.58801, -4.08362
- Cadw reference
- 84528
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
In a terrace of houses fronting the street.
History
An early C19 house shown on the 1841 Tithe map.
Exterior
A 2-storey 2-window terraced house of pebble-dashed painted peach, slate roof in the same range as No 19, with shared stone and roughcast stack to the R. Openings have smooth-rendered surrounds with shallow pediments. To the R of centre the entrance has a replacement door. Windows are 4-pane horned sashes in the lower storey, and 12-pane hornless sashes in the upper storey.
Interior
Not inspected.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special architectural interest as a town house retaining definite early C19 character, and for its contribution with other buildings in Corbet Square, Red Lion Street and Maengwyn Street, to the historical integrity of the old town centre.
Nearby in the register
- 7 Maengwyn StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- 6 Maengwyn StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- 5 Maengwyn StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- Corbett Arms HotelCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.