Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
15478
Building Number
9
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
31/01/1995
Date of Amendment
31/01/1995
Name of Property
,9,St George's Terrace,Old Barmouth,,GWYNEDD,LL42 1BN
Address
9 St George's Terrace
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Barmouth
Town
Locality
Old Barmouth
Easting
261507
Northing
315667
Street Side
Location
Built against the rock, immediately behind Williams Buildings, and adjacent to Green Bank. Access to No 9 (the upper flat) is from a narrow metalled lane which passes up behind the house at 3rd storey level.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
The house originally formed two of the 13 St George's Guild Cottages which formerly served a community founded by John Ruskin. From 1871 Ruskin published his socialist theories in a series of letters - the Fors Clavigera - which were addressed to 'the working men of England'. In that year he founded the Guild of St George, 'a society established to carry out certain charitable acts', and the community at Barmouth was his first social experiment. It was made possible by the donation in 1874 of the land and cottages by Mrs Talbot of Tyn-y-Fynnon, a friend of Ruskin's and a sympathiser with his beliefs.
Exterior
Interior
Reason for designation
One of the houses which belonged to Ruskin's guild and consequently of considerable socio-historic interest.
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