Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
26575
Building Number
12
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
03/05/2002
Date of Amendment
03/05/2002
Name of Property
Roberts & Owen Jewellers
Address
12 Pool Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Caernarfon
Town
Caernarfon
Locality
Caernarfon
Easting
248045
Northing
362669
Street Side
S
Location
Set in a row of frontages near the W end of the street.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
A probably second quarter C19 building to which the present shop front was added in the third quarter of the C19 and shown on the 1888 Ordnance Survey. It was occupied by its present owners, Roberts & Owen, by 1895, but in 1883 was occupied by John Hughes & Co, also a watch and clock maker.
Exterior
A 2-bay 3-storey shop and house of scribed roughcast front with stressed quoins, slate roof and brick stack to the L. The shop front is framed by narrow pilasters with vertical ribs, and wooden fascia with end brackets. A central recessed doorway has a half-lit panelled door with tracery to the glazing, and a mosaic threshold decorated with the name of the firm. A former doorway to the L side has been replaced by plate glass with stallboard. The original plate glass shop windows have turned mahogany posts, over polished granite stallboards and incorporate convex glass curving towards the doorway. The upper storeys have 12-pane hornless sash windows (9 to second floor).
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a well-detailed and well-preserved C19 commercial building with a fine late C19 shop front, and for its contribution to the historic townscape.
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