Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
26519
Building Number
5
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
29/05/1968
Date of Amendment
03/05/2002
Name of Property
Richards Newsagents
Address
5 Castle Square
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Caernarfon
Town
Caernarfon
Locality
Caernarfon
Easting
247903
Northing
362708
Street Side
N
Location
In a prominently sited row of frontages on Castle Square.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Late C18 or early and first shown on the 1810 town plan. Nos 5 and 6 Castle Square were originally a single property and are shown as such on the 1834 and 1852 town plans, but its present sudivision occurred in the third quarter of the C19 when the building was adapted to commercial use, and is shown on the 1888 Ordnance Survey. The present frontages date from the time of subdivision. In 1895 No 5 was a saddlery.
Exterior
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for its retention of late C19 commercial character in a late Georgian terrace, and with other associated listed items for its contribution to the setting of Caernarfon Castle.
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