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.
Date of Designation
01/06/1949
Date of Amendment
28/07/1989
Name of Property
16 Gaol Street
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Location
Set in the slope to left of Penlan Chapel.
History
Probably later C18 with C19 and modern alterations.
Exterior
Long, low 2-storey 2+2+2-window rendered front, scribed cement render to No 20; painted plinth to Alcatraz. Steep old slate roof with overhanging eaves and rubble chimney stacks (removed to No 16) - that to No 18 is especially tall and has brick heightening. Prominent modern blinds to Alcatraz. Mostly 16-pane sash windows to 1st floor; 1 sash to ground floor of No 16, otherwise fixed glazed windows, small pane to No 20. Modern half glazed and boarded doors.
Rubble right hand gable end and undulating slate roof to rear backing onto Penlan Chapel burial ground.
Interior
Internally the buildings have been much modernised and the dividing wall between Nos 14 and 16 has been removed.
Reason for designation
Group value with other listed items in Gaol Street.
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