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
4065
Building Number
1
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
27/05/1949
Date of Amendment
02/08/1988
Name of Property
Menai View Terrace
Address
1 Holyhead Road
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Bangor
Town
Locality
Easting
257482
Northing
372293
Street Side
Location
At the E end of a uniform terrace set high above the road between Victoria Street and Bryn y Mor. Stepped down from the rest of the terrace.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Plots of land sold in 1851; said to have been built in 1853.
Exterior
Victorian terrace with classical and Tudor ornament. Two-storey basement and attic, 2-window stucco fronts; set in reflected pairs with each divided by varied pilasters - Greek revival between Nos 2 and 3 and panelled between Nos 5 and 6. Entablature with classical wreath motifs, Nos 5 and 6 have egg and dart cornice. Slate roofs, rendered chimney stacks and modern flat roof dormers except to No 1 which has a skylight; small pane casement windows below; Nos 1 and 2 with marginal glazing with Tudor labels and 6-panel doors. The bays are carried on iron columns over the slate steps to the basements with small pane dash windows. Nos 5 and 6 have ornate cast iron balcony with trellised uprights; this is not shown in an 1859 view but is visible in a photograph of 1883.
Nos 1 and 2 retain their boundary railings to the front gardens which slope down to the rubble forecourt walls with dressed stone coping, gate piers and finialled railings.
Interior
Some interiors retain ceiling roses and panelled shutters.
Reason for designation
Group value with the rest of Menai View Terrace and the Lodge to Bryn y Mor.
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