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.
Summary Description
Reference Number
4419
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
01/04/1974
Date of Amendment
26/09/2005
Name of Property
Cornhill Cottage, including revetment walls and steps
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Porthmadog
Town
Porthmadog
Locality
Porthmadog
Easting
256830
Northing
338403
Street Side
NW
Location
One of a pair of houses just beyond the NW corner of Cornhill.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Cornhill Cottage and Limekiln Cottage were built in the 2nd quarter of the C19 and are shown on the 1842 Tithe map. The houses are shown on the 1871 Tremadog estate plan and 1888 Ordnance Survey, but without the forecourt wall, which is therefore probably later.
Exterior
Belongs to a group of Cornhill Cottage and Limekiln Cottage.
A pair of 2-storey 2-window houses of large slate-stone blocks laid in regular courses, and slate roof with 2 later small roughcast stacks. Cornhill Cottage on the L side has a replacement glazed door and replacement 2-light casement windows in original openings. Limekiln Cottage has a former doorway to the R, now a window, an enlarged modern window to the L and in the upper storey 2-light casement windows in original openings. The entrance is in an added rear wing of pebble-dash painted white, and has a modern glazed door. On the L side of Cornhill Cottage, at street level, is a boarded door and overlight to the yard behind No 15 Cornhill.
Two revetment walls retain the steep ground from street level to the entrances of the cottages, and are of coursed unworked slate-stone. The lower revetment has a concrete coping, and gateways, with slate orthostats, leading to slate steps up to the houses. Return walls on both sides have coping courses.
Interior
Not inspected.
Reason for designation
Listed, notwithstanding window replacement, for its special architectural interest as one of a pair of houses near the commercial centre of the port notable for its distinctive use of local stone and retaining definite C19 character, and for its contribution to the historical integrity of Porthmadog harbour.
Group Description
Cornhill Cottage and Limekiln Cottage
A pair of 2-storey 2-window houses of large slate-stone blocks laid in regular courses, and slate roof with 2 later small roughcast stacks. Cornhill Cottage on the L side has a replacement glazed door and replacement 2-light casement windows in original openings. Limekiln Cottage has a former doorway to the R, now a window, an enlarged modern window to the L and in the upper storey 2-light casement windows in original openings. The entrance is in an added rear wing of pebble-dash painted white, and has a modern glazed door. On the L side of Cornhill Cottage, at street level, is a boarded door and overlight to the yard behind No 15 Cornhill.
Two revetment walls retain the steep ground from street level to the entrances of the cottages, and are of coursed unworked slate-stone. The lower revetment has a concrete coping, and gateways, with slate orthostats, leading to slate steps up to the houses. Return walls on both sides have coping courses.
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