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.
Date of Designation
31/03/1983
Date of Amendment
03/05/2002
Name of Property
,5 Segontium Terrace,Caernarfon,Caernarfon,GWYNEDD
Address
5 Segontium Terrace
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Location
A terraced house overlooking Slate Quay.
History
Built with No 6 as a pair of terraced houses in the early C19 and shown on the 1810 and 1834 town maps. 5-9 Segontium Terrace represents the early development of middle-class urban housing outside the town centre and the site was chosen for its view over the Afon Seiont at a time before the full development of Slate Quay as a port.
Exterior
Belongs to a group of 5-6 Segontium Terrace.
A reflected pair of late Georgian 2-bay 3-storey houses, of pebble-dashed walls and slate roof, on moulded eaves to No 5, and roughcast stack to the L. Doorways are to the inner bays. No 5 has a doorcase with fluted pilasters and hood, No 6 has reeded pilasters and a shallow canopy on thin consoles above the door. Both have replaced doors and overlights. The windows are in keyed architraves and are shorter in the upper storey. No 5 has replaced windows and No 6 has 4-pane horned sashes.
Reason for designation
Listed as an ambitious urban development prominently sited above Slate Quay. Notwithstanding some loss of its original unified design, the terrace contributes to the strong Georgian tradition in Caernarfon and documents the growing prosperity of the town in the early C19 in the wake of the development of Caernarfon as a major N Wales port.
Group Description
5-6 Segontium Terrace
A reflected pair of late Georgian 2-bay 3-storey houses, of pebble-dashed walls and slate roof, on moulded eaves to No 5, and roughcast stack to the L. Doorways are to the inner bays. No 5 has a doorcase with fluted pilasters and hood, No 6 has reeded pilasters and a shallow canopy on thin consoles above the door. Both have replaced doors and overlights. The windows are in keyed architraves and are shorter in the upper storey. No 5 has replaced windows and No 6 has 4-pane horned sashes.
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