Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
3846
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
31/03/1983
Date of Amendment
03/05/2002
Name of Property
Boundary wall in front of 5 Castle Street
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Caernarfon
Town
Caernarfon
Locality
Walled town
Easting
247808
Northing
362776
Street Side
Location
On the S side of the house.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
5 Castle Street was built in the early C19 by Richard Garnons, a prominent local landowner. It was described as 'a large new house' in 1809. The boundary wall is an integral feature of the house shown on the 1834 town plan and originally enclosed a forecourt. It now forms the boundary of a courtyard in front of council offices.
Exterior
A fragment only of the original forecourt wall has survived, abutting the L side of the front of the house and facing Castle Street. It is of coursed rubble stone with a saddleback coping, renewed with render and tile. It has a round-headed doorway, the inner side of which is a flat stone arch. The wall continues as a dwarf wall, with a return enclosing the forecourt of the present council offices on the site.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for group value with 5 Castle Square.
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