Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
3931
Building Number
4
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
31/03/1983
Date of Amendment
03/05/2002
Name of Property
Castle Gift Shop
Address
4 Castle Hill
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Caernarfon
Town
Caernarfon
Locality
Caernarfon
Easting
247890
Northing
362645
Street Side
N
Location
On the E side of the castle facing Slate Quay
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Built in the third quarter of the C19 and first shown on the 1888 Ordnance Survey.
Exterior
A 2-storey shop with 3-sided front built against the revetment to Castle Square and abutting the rear wing of 37 Castle Square, of scribed stucco and a hipped slate roof on wide bracketed eaves and roughcast stack to the R. The doorway is on the L side of the L facet, and has a panelled door with small-pane overlight. A replaced window to its R is in an earlier opening. The central facet has an inserted shop window. In the upper storey are hornless sash windows to the outer facets, both of which are 8 over 2 panes.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a distinctive building retaining C19 character and with other associated listed items for its contribution to the historic townscape and the setting of Caernarfon Castle.
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