Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
29&31 Wexham Street
Beaumaris, Isle of Anglesey, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Beaumaris, Isle of Anglesey, designated on 13 July 2005.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 13 July 2005
- Locality
- Beaumaris
- Community
- Beaumaris
- Unitary authority
- Isle of Anglesey
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.26492, -4.09685
- Cadw reference
- 84782
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 vernacular buildings to W of the junction with Stanley Street.
History
One of a pair of late C18 or early C19 cottages shown on the 1829 town plan. The windows to No 29 have been replaced in recent times.
Exterior
Single-storey pair of rendered and painted cottages running uphill to right and having a uniform slate roof with central rendered stack. Each cottage has a central door flanked by unevenly positioned windows. Downhill cottage to left has modern glazing in slightly enlarged openings with projecting sills and doorway with 4-panel door under gabled hood with cusped bargeboards. The uphill cottage has cross-shaped glazing bars set in deep window openings and 4-panel door in plain reveals.
Interior
Not inspected.
Reason for designation
Included for their special interest as a pair of pre-1840 vernacular cottages which retain the character and scale of the original main road leading out of Beaumaris. Group value with adjoining houses.
Nearby in the register
- 33 Wexham StreetNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- 35 Wexham StreetNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- 27 Wexham StreetNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Apple Tree CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.