Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
17 Sgwar y Farchnad (High Street)
Porthmadog, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- No class recorded
- Date of designation
- 30 March 1951
- Locality
- Tremadog
- Community
- Porthmadog
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.93995, -4.14086
- Cadw reference
- 85319
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 1795 "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).
Cadw's description
Location
One of a pair of houses fronting the street to the E of Market Square.
History
Tremadog was the creation of William Madocks (1773-1828), the first phase of which was built in the first decade of the C19 century. Nos 15-17 High Street were built in the mid C19 and are shown on the 1871 Tremadog estate plan and 1888 Ordnance Survey.
Exterior
Belongs to a group of 15-17 High Street, Tremadog.
A pair of 2-storey double-fronted houses, of large blocks of local quarried stone laid in regular courses, renewed slate roof with added skylights, and stone stacks to the centre and L. No 15 has a central half-glazed door and top-hung windows replaced in original openings. No 17 has a replacement half-glazed door and 2-pane sash windows in original openings. Both have a blind central window in the upper storey.
Interior
Not inspected.
Reason for designation
Listed as one of a pair of houses, notable for its distinctive use of local stone, retaining definite C19 regional character and for its contribution to the historical integrity of Tremadog.
Nearby in the register
- BodlondebDomesticunder 1 mi
- 19 Sgwar y Farchnad (High Street)Domesticunder 1 mi
- 21 Sgwar y Farchnad (High Street)No class recordedunder 1 mi
- 13 Sgwar y Farchnad (High Street)No class recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.