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
3892
Building Number
5
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
31/03/1983
Date of Amendment
03/05/2002
Name of Property
5 Market Street
Address
5 Market Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Caernarfon
Town
Caernarfon
Locality
Walled town
Easting
247795
Northing
362856
Street Side
W
Location
Near the S end of the terraced street.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
A late C18 house shown on the 1810 and 1834 town plans. It was converted to business premises later in the C19 and was a solicitor's office in 1895.
Exterior
A late Georgian 3-storey 2-window house of pebble-dashed front wall and slate roof with rendered stack to the L. Fielded-panel door and overlight to the R, 2 offset windows to its L. Windows in the middle and upper storey are evenly placed and aligned. All windows are replaced in original openings. The rendered rear also has replaced windows, and a single-storey projection.
Interior
Not inspected.
Reason for designation
Listed, notwithstanding replacement of windows, as a terraced house for group value with 3 and 7-11 Market Street and for its contribution to the historic integrity of the walled town.
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