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
3837
Building Number
22-23
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
31/03/1983
Date of Amendment
03/05/2002
Name of Property
22-23 Castle Square, including forecourt railings
Address
22-23 Castle Square, including forecourt railings
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Caernarfon
Town
Caernarfon
Locality
Caernarfon
Easting
248004
Northing
362665
Street Side
E
Location
In a row of frontages set well back from the road behind a pedestrian precinct.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Comprised originally 2 C19 houses, the lower storeys of which were subsequently converted to shops by insertion of large windows. The building was still 2 properties in 1888 and in 1895 No 22 was occupied by an estate agent.
Exterior
A pair of 2-bay 3-storey houses converted into a single property, of ashlar in the lower storey, scribed stucco above, and slate roof with central stone stack on a deeply moulded dentilled cornice. The lower storey has a deep moulded cornice to the R side (No 23) and a thinner cornice to the L side (No 22). Doorways in the L-hand bays deep hoods and scrolled brackets. The L-hand (No 22) has replaced double panelled doors, while the R-hand doorway (No 23) has been converted to a window. Broad windows in the R-hand bays of each pair are under rusticated segmental arches and have plate glass. The middle and upper-storey windows have architraves. In the middle storey are horned sash windows of 6 over single panes, while the upper storey has horned sashes of 3 over 2 panes. Two pedimented roof dormers have broad 2-pane sash windows
Iron forecourt railings are on dwarf coped stone walls and have square hollow piers to steps opposite the original doorways.
Interior
Modernised internally.
Reason for designation
Listed for its retention of Georgian character and good detail, representing the strong Georgian tradition in Caernarfon, and with other associated listed items for its contribution to the historic townscape and the setting of Caernarfon Castle.
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