Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
26613
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
03/05/2002
Date of Amendment
03/05/2002
Name of Property
Victoria Dock walls
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Caernarfon
Town
Caernarfon
Locality
Victoria Dock
Easting
247787
Northing
363129
Street Side
Location
On the N side of the walled town.
Description
Broad Class
Maritime
Period
History
Completed by 1874 and shown in its present form on the 1890 Ordnance Survey.
Exterior
Walls of snecked rubble stone with flat copings, around a harbour approximately 200m by 90m. Cast iron mooring posts are spaced at regular intervals. The seaward side has a low parapet, which on the E side of the dock entrance is constructed of monolithic dressed stone blocks, while on the W side is of C20 blockwork but retaining an original square terminal pier at the W end. A cobbled slipway to a landing pier is on the outer NW side.
The dock entrance is rounded on the S side. Both sides of the entrance are recessed where there are stone steps, with an additional lower flight of concrete steps but now concealed behind modern timber stanchions. A modern slipway is in the inner NW corner, beneath which are original stone steps. The landward (SE) side of the harbour has a dry dock.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as well-preserved C19 dock walls contributing to the historic character of the town.
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