Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
3938
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
31/03/1983
Date of Amendment
03/05/2002
Name of Property
Frondeg
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Caernarfon
Town
Caernarfon
Locality
Twthill
Easting
248183
Northing
362934
Street Side
E
Location
Set back from and above the level of the street overlooking the town.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
An early C19 villa shown on the 1834 town map.
Exterior
A Regency villa of 2 storeys with basement and 3 bays, of pebble-dashed walls, hipped slate roof on boarded eaves, with inserted mid C20 roof dormer and pebble-dashed stack to the R and L. The central bay is advanced. The central half-lit fielded-panel door has a radial-glazed iron overlight and is flanked by 12-pane hornless sash windows. The basement has 6-pane horned sash windows with vertical glazing bars R and L. The lower storey has a late C19 veranda with hipped roof, openwork cast iron posts and arcaded valance. In the upper storey are 6-pane horned sash windows R and L and French doors to the centre that opened on to a former balcony. Set back on the L side is an added bay, which has a 12-pane hornless sash window in the lower storey and replaced window above.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a well-detailed and well-preserved early C19 villa that represents the C19 suburban expansion of the town consequent upon Caernarfon's growth in importance as a port.
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