Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
25/04/1997
Date of Amendment
25/04/1997
Name of Property
,8,Ogwen Terrace,Bethesda,Bangor,,LL57 3AY
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Location
Situated in a terrace of 22 houses in centre of Bethesda, opposite War Memorial.
History
Terrace house of c1830-40, part of a an extensive curved terrace fronting onto the turnpike road to Holyhead. The terrace appears to have been built in connection with Telford's road to Holyhead, to an urban scale remarkable in what was primarily a slate-quarrying settlement.
Exterior
Colourwashed stucco with slate roof and large corniced slate stack to left, similar stack to right is roughcast, the stacks shared with adjoining houses. Three-storey, two-window range, hornless sashes, 9-pane to upper floor, 12-pane to first floor. Slate sills. Ground floor centre plate-glass tripartite sash, 4-panel door to right with traceried overlight.
Reason for designation
One of several of houses that retain original character in a fine late Georgian curved terrace of unusual scale.
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