Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
15462
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
31/01/1995
Date of Amendment
31/01/1995
Name of Property
Aber House
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Barmouth
Town
Locality
Barmouth
Easting
261450
Northing
315650
Street Side
SW
Location
Located at right-angles with the High Street and facing Church Street to the SE. Behind dwarf front walls with iron railings and gates.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Exterior
An early C19 late Georgian house of 3 storeys. Of rough-dressed stone under a medium-pitched slate roof. Coped and kneelered gables with plain squat end stacks; 3 modern skylights.
Symmetrical 3-bay main facade (facing SE). Central round-arched entrance via slate steps; stucco entablature with central projecting key; recessed late C19 part-glazed double-doors with good original segmental fanlight above. Near-flush sash windows with projecting stone cills, 12-pane to the ground and first floors and 9-pane to thesecond floor. External stepped basement access to L with later,deeply-recessed 20-pane iron framed French window; narrow cellar lightto R.
2 late C19/early C20 shop windows to NE side, facing the High Street. Large plain-glazed bays, that to the L canted towards entrance at L; that to the R with central entrance and flanking bays. Part-glazed double doors with plain rectangular fans. Fenestration to upper floors as before. To the rear, a tall multi-pane arched stair-light. A single storey extension adjoins to the L of the main facade; partly C19 with prefabricated modern section to the front.
Interior
Well stair with swept mahogany rail and plain stick- balusters. Contemporary reeded doorcases off hall with 6-panel doors. Simple moulded cornice to entrance hall.
Reason for designation
Listed as a good, relatively unaltered late Georgian house in a very prominent location in the centre of the town.
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