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
5735
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
17/10/1986  
Date of Amendment
25/07/1994  
Name of Property
Office and Stores Building  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Isle of Anglesey  
Community
Holyhead  
Town
 
Locality
 
Easting
224903  
Northing
382711  
Street Side
 
Location
Part of a large group of marine workshop buildings opposite Water Street, this block behind Fitting, Boiler, and Smithy Shops facing harbour.  

Description


Broad Class
Commercial  
Period
 

History
1880-90, extended after 1916.  

Exterior
Long 2-storey range, grey-green rubble, pale dressings, slate roofs with cut-down chimney stacks, projecting eaves, brackets to bargeboards. Facing harbour, irregular 10-window top floor 12-pane sashes with narrow 7-pane windows to L; arched voussoir heads to fixed lights on ground floor. Offset left hand lean-to (2 windows), deep hooded canopy with serrated valences to segmental stores entrance in centre. Left gable end (rendered) has arched louvred ventilator near apex, central arched window with smaller window below, 2 first floor windows, one ground floor window to L, as narrow windows of front. Right gable has two first floor windows. Lean-to extension with arched openings to R some original iron windows with central hinged casement. Interior said to retain boardroom.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Listed as part of a (probably) unique group of purpose-built marine service buildings at a major British ferry port.  

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