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
23/09/1950
Date of Amendment
13/07/2005
Name of Property
House and Shaws Off Licence
Unitary Authority
Isle of Anglesey
Location
Fronting the road immediately E of the Bulkeley Hotel.
History
Probably built in the mid C19 as a shop and house and shown on the 1889 Ordnance Survey. It was a chemist's shop in 1886 and in 1917.
Exterior
A 2-storey 3-bay shop and house of pebble-dashed front painted cream, slate roof and end stack to the R. The lower storey has a shop front with central entrance, which has half-glazed panel doors under a small-pane overlight with marginal glazing. To the L and R are bay windows of 5x4 panes beneath a plain fascia. At the R end is a 3-panel door under a round-headed overlight with intersecting glazing bars, framed by Tuscan pilasters and entablature. A billeted cornice carried across the entire front. In the upper storey are tall 2-light small-pane casements in original openings.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special architectural interest as a house and shop retaining definite C19 character and detail, and for its contribution to the historical integrity of Castle Street.
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