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
3901
Building Number
2  
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
22/05/1967  
Date of Amendment
03/05/2002  
Name of Property
Marbryn  
Address
2 North Road  

Location


Unitary Authority
Gwynedd  
Community
Caernarfon  
Town
Caernarfon  
Locality
Caernarfon  
Easting
248109  
Northing
363061  
Street Side
E  
Location
Set back from the road and immediately N of the Celtic Royal Hotel.  

Description


Broad Class
Domestic  
Period
 

History
Built in the period 1810-34 and first shown on the 1834 town map. An additional bay was added in the late C19, when 5-sided bay windows were added to the main house.  

Exterior
A Regency-style 2-bay 3-storey villa of scribed stucco and hipped roof of graded slates on wide bracketed eaves with panelled soffit. A low rendered stack is on the R side. The central doorway has a panelled surround and reveals, and half-lit panelled double doors with margin glazing. Late C19 5-sided bay windows are to the R and L. These have moulded wooden mullions with foliage caps. A lean-to veranda is on cast iron posts with boarded soffit and continues over an additional canted bay on the L side with replaced 5-sided window. In the upper storey are 12-pane hornless sash windows. The R side wall has altered windows. A gabled wing is added to the rear.  

Interior
Centrally planned with an entrance hall and a separate stair hall behind it. The open-well stair has a wreathed handrail, plain balusters and moulded tread ends.  

Reason for designation
Listed as an early C19 villa retaining early character and detail, representing the suburban expansion of the town when the development of its port saw growing commercial prosperity in Caernarfon.  

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