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
85360
Building Number
2
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
26/09/2005
Date of Amendment
26/09/2005
Name of Property
Carreg Wen, Marine Terrace
Address
2 Fford Garth (Garth Road)
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Porthmadog
Town
Porthmadog
Locality
Porthmadog
Easting
256833
Northing
338265
Street Side
W
Location
A terraced house on the hillside to the W of and overlooking the harbour.
Description
Broad Class
Period
History
Marine Terrace is first shown in a view of Porthmadog by C.F. Williams, dated 1849, and is mentioned by Owen Morris in 1856. The terrace is shown on the 1871 Tremadog estate plan and 1888 Ordnance Survey. In 1886 No 2 was the home of William Jones, who owned the Sail Loft on Britannia Place.
Exterior
A late Georgian style 2½-storey 3-window house of rubble stone in regular courses, large stone lintels, and slate roof with coursed stone end stacks. The central entrance has a fielded-panel door under a 2-pane margin-glazed overlight. Hornless sash windows are 12-pane in the lower storey, 16-pane in the upper storey. Two added gabled dormers have 2-light windows and slate-hung sides.
Interior
Not inspected.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special architectural interest as a well-preserved town house notable for its distinctive use of local stone and retaining definite Georgian character, part of a well-preserved C19 terrace overlooking the harbour and the Cob.
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