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
25999
Building Number
39  
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
13/12/2001  
Date of Amendment
13/12/2001  
Name of Property
Spar  
Address
39 High Street  

Location


Unitary Authority
Gwynedd  
Community
Bala  
Town
 
Locality
 
Easting
292628  
Northing
336045  
Street Side
NW  
Location
On the street-line.  

Description


Broad Class
Commercial  
Period
 

History
Late Georgian pair, perhaps formerly town houses; C20 shopfront alterations to ground floor.  

Exterior
Belongs to a group of nos 37 & 39 High Street. Large three-storey late Georgian building of 2 units, now shop premises. Of local rubble construction with slate roof; end chimneys and a central, laterally-placed stack to the R, all with plain cornicing and weathercoursing. Out-of-character modern shop fronts to ground floor, with further recessed entrance to no.37, to the R. The 5-bay upper floors are symmetrical and unaltered; sixteen-pane sashes to the first floor, with narrow 6-pane sashes to the second, the latter under the eaves; projecting stone sills throughout.  

Interior
Modern shop interiors.  

Reason for designation
Listed as a large late Georgian pair of former townhouses retaining good early C19 character to the upper floors.  

Group Description
Nos 37 & 39 High Street History: Late Georgian pair, perhaps formerly town houses; C20 shopfront alterations to ground floor. Exterior: Large three-storey late Georgian building of 2 units, now shop premises. Of local rubble construction with slate roof; end chimneys and a central, laterally-placed stack to the R, all with plain cornicing and weathercoursing. Out-of-character modern shop fronts to ground floor, with further recessed entrance to no.37, to the R. The 5-bay upper floors are symmetrical and unaltered; sixteen-pane sashes to the first floor, with narrow 6-pane sashes to the second, the latter under the eaves; projecting stone sills throughout.  

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