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
3 Tros yr Afon
Unitary Authority
Isle of Anglesey
Location
Set back from the road in a short terrace between Mill Lane and Cae Mair.
History
An early C19 house added to the earlier No 2 and shown on the 1829 town plan as part of a terrace of 4 houses.
Exterior
A late-Georgian 2-storey 3-bay house with pebble-dashed front, slate roof and shared roughcast end stacks. Openings are offset slightly to the R. A central fielded-panel door has a small-pane overlight, in a shallow, open wooden porch with latticework sides. In the L-hand bay are French doors. In the R-hand bay is a 12-pane hornless sash window. In the upper storey are 16-pane sashes in the outer bays, of which the R-hand is hornless, and 12-pane sash window in the centre.
The rear has gabled bays, slate-hung in the upper storey and with 12-pane hornless sash window to the upper storey of the L-hand.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special architectural interest as a well-preserved early C19 town house, part of a short, well-preserved terrace that makes an important contribution to the historical integrity of Townsend.
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