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
4493
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
28/07/1989  
Date of Amendment
28/07/1989  
Name of Property
Crown Hotel  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Gwynedd  
Community
Pwllheli  
Town
 
Locality
 
Easting
237582  
Northing
335246  
Street Side
 
Location
Set into a row of frontages near the area formerly known as Caroline Square.  

Description


Broad Class
Commercial  
Period
 

History
Built in 1800 to replace an earlier public house on the site. It was, for much of the C19, the major Inn in Pwllheli.  

Exterior
3-storey, 1+5-window stucco front with painted plinth; slate roof, red brick chimney stacks and bracket eaves. Horned 4-pane sash windows to 1st and 2nd floors, the left hand openings have been blocked and one now contained a PH sign. Splayed bay windows, with cornices and modern small pane glazing, flank porches in 3rd and 5th bays - these have cast iron columns. The main entrance to left has double half glazed doors and lettered fanlight; the right hand porch has round arched headed entrance with half glazed door. At extreme left end is a further round arched opening with recessed double panelled doors. This formerly led into a shop which was separate from the Inn. Pebbledash rear with small pane sash windows.  

Interior
The interior has 6-panel doors and plain staircase with swept up handrail.  

Reason for designation
Group value.  

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