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
18385
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
25/04/1997
Date of Amendment
25/04/1997
Name of Property
The Victoria Hotel
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Bethesda
Town
Bangor
Locality
Bethesda
Easting
262212
Northing
366804
Street Side
S
Location
Situated NW of centre of Bethesda some 200m NW of Capel Bethesda in terraced row.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Earlier to mid C19 public house, possibly incorporating work of c1800, as the inn fronts the modern Neuadd Ogwen which replaces the old Market Hall. Thomas Pennant recorded in 1796 that Lord Penrhyn had built a market hall but also that 'no corrupting ale-house is permitted'.
Exterior
Rubble stone and painted stucco with slate roof, and three rendered stacks, one each end and another axial on ridge. Two-storey, five-window range, the centre bay projecting slightly, and the two-bay wings although matching in detail have different window spacing. First floor is stuccoed, and ground floor probably was originally. First floor has 5 hornless 12-pane sashes in moulded stucco surrounds. The words VICTORIA and HOTEL are in large Victorian capitals each side of centre. Raised band over ground floor broken forward at centre bay. Ground floor does not have centre break. Centre 6-panel door with overlight in timber surround of pilasters and overhanging corniced flat hood. 12-pane sash each side with lintels of a single slab of stone. Outer bays have broad cambered arches, presumably coach-entries, that to right with stone voussoirs, a through-way to rear of building, that to left has C20 cladding over arch and forms porch to modern Neuadd Ogwen attached behind.
Interior
Reason for designation
An earlier C19 inn of some size, generally well detailed, with good lettering to facade. The scale of the inn probably represents Bethesda's importance on the Holyhead road, rather than the slate industry.
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