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
85346
Building Number
7
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
01/04/1974
Date of Amendment
26/09/2005
Name of Property
Plas Penbwll
Address
7 Britannia Place
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Porthmadog
Town
Porthmadog
Locality
Porthmadog
Easting
257199
Northing
338458
Street Side
S
Location
At the E of a terrace of houses on the N side of Britannia Terrace (A487) and facing N.
Description
Broad Class
Period
History
One of a row of cottages erected for workmen at Britannia Foundry (which stood immediately to the E but has been demolished), which is not shown on the 1842 Tithe map but is mentioned in a trade directory of 1844. It appears always to have been a single cottage although the 1888 Ordnance Survey suggests that it was 2 small cottages.
Exterior
A 2-storey double-fronted house of roughcast painted green with smooth-rendered architraves, and slate roof with an added small skylight. The entrance is offset to the R and has a replacement panel door. Windows are round-headed iron-framed windows with small-pane radial glazing, and incorporating small pivoting lights, probably cast at Britannia Foundry. The rear has replacement windows.
Interior
Not inspected.
Reason for designation
Listed as part of a terrace of workers' housing retaining good industrial character and original detail. A good example of a house type once common but now rarely well-preserved.
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