38-40, High Street, Walled town, Caernarfon, GWYNEDD, LL55 1RN, Caernarfon, Gwynedd

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.1407 / 53°8'26"N

Longitude: -4.2756 / 4°16'32"W

OS Eastings: 247883

OS Northings: 362809

OS Grid: SH478628

Mapcode National: GBR 5H.65W5

Mapcode Global: WH43F.9B74

Plus Code: 9C5Q4PRF+7Q

Entry Name: 38-40, High Street, Walled town, Caernarfon, GWYNEDD, LL55 1RN

Listing Date: 8 October 1953

Last Amended: 3 May 2002

Grade: II*

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 3878

Building Class: Commercial

ID on this website: 300003878

Location: In a row of frontages near the E end of the street.

County: Gwynedd

Town: Caernarfon

Community: Caernarfon

Locality: Walled town

Built-Up Area: Caernarfon

Traditional County: Caernarfonshire

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History

A c1700 house planned around a central entrance hall and stair in a rear projection. The present Georgian front is dated 1784 on a rainwater head. The lower storey was converted to shops in the C19. In 1895 the building housed a watchmaker and a millinery and hosiery shop.

Exterior

Georgian house with later shop front; roughcast walls and renewed slate roof and roughcast stack to the R. The lower storey has a late C20 shop front in late C19 style. In the upper storey are 12-pane hornless sash windows in moulded surrounds. The attic has 3 smaller 12-pane sash windows in large gabled dormers with plain barge boards. A moulded eaves cornice continues across the dormers. A dated cast iron rainwater head is to the R.

The rear has a central stair projection which has an original wood-mullioned cross window in the lower landing and replaced window to the upper landing.

Interior

The lower storey is converted to open shop space with temporary partitions. Two chamfered cross beams have survived, supported by cast iron posts. The full-height dog-leg stair of c1700 has turned balusters and square newels. The 4½-bay roof has pegged collar beams, while the stair projection has a similar truss.

Reasons for Listing

Listed grade II* as a rare surviving early C18 house in the walled town, retaining good original interior detail and strong late C18 external character, and for its contribution to the historic integrity of the walled town.

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38-40, High Street, Walled town, Caernarfon, GWYNEDD, LL55 1RN

A Grade II* Listed Building in Caernarfon, Gwynedd