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
5059
Building Number
Grade
II*
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
19/06/1990
Date of Amendment
19/06/1990
Name of Property
T.H.Roberts, Ironmonger
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Dolgellau
Town
Locality
Easting
272826
Northing
317841
Street Side
E
Location
On the street line where Bridge Street meets Queen's Square.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
cl886.
Exterior
Ambitious 3 storey and cellar, 4 window retail premises and warehouse. Snecked masonry with rock faced freestone dressings and quoins. Plinth. Hipped slate roof. Deep boarded eaves on modillions. Eaves band. Single stepped stone stack to left, slate water tabling.
3 closely-spaced Victorian sash windows offset to right, rusticated architraves. Broad 3 light shop window below. Blind box missing. Moulded cornice over sunk panelled pilasters, centre window 2 light. Good shopfront to ground floor. Blind box over moulded cornice and entablature, stepped forward at centre. Deep rectangular fanlight over half-glazed double doors. 2 light shop windows with iron ventilator grills to tops. Similar to stallrisers. Single tier of Victorian sash windows to left. Rusticated architraves, cambered arch to ground floor. Sill bands. Blocked cellar opening below.
4 window elevation to Glyndwr Street. Victorian sash windows, rusticated architraves, sill bands. Blocked cellar openings. 2nd bay from right has deeper window with flanking slit-like sidelights to lst floor over projecting door surround. Corniced head with plain entablature over doorway offset to left and slit-like side window. Heavy panelled door, original furniture.
Coursed rubble rear elevation. Good cast iron fenestration. Small panes, iron cames. Rectangular tilting opening lights. Alternating stone lintels and segmental arched stone voussoirs.
Interior
Fine contemporary interior. Moulded panelled counters along both sides of shop. Glazed cabinets to left rise to ceiling, corniced tops. Similar detail to open shelves to right. Rectangular inner office; full height partitions with small panes over tall round arched glazed panels; moulded mullions, etched glass; panelled bases. Contemporary fittings. Similar, smaller office with panelled partitions and clock to right rear of shop. Boarded floors.
A fine remarkably well preserved late Cl9 Ironmongers with good robust architectural detailing, and intact internal fittings.
Reason for designation
Cadw : Full Report for Listed Buildings [ Records 1 of 1 ]
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