Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
4971
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
19/06/1990
Date of Amendment
19/06/1990
Name of Property
Central Buildings (formerly known as Meyrick House) (Premises of Pearl Assuranc & Fosters)
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Dolgellau
Town
Locality
Easting
272817
Northing
317802
Street Side
Location
On the street line next to the Midland Bank.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
cl870. Former woollens warehouse and retail outlet for locally made tweeds.
Exterior
Classical detail. 4 storeys and cellar. Snecked rubble front, freestone dressings. Hipped slate roof, deep boarded eaves on modillions. Stone stacks on bases, moulded caps.
4 round arched windows to 3rd floor, stressed keystones, rusticated architraves, sill band. Victorian sashes. 2 tripartite windows to 2nd floor. Triangular pediments, plain pilasters, plain sashes. Sill band. 2átripartite windows to lst floor. Round arches, stressed keystones plain pilasters, plain sashes. Stone sills. Modern shopfront to ground floor.
2 tiers of Victorian sash windows to S side, stone lintels. Gablet with loading door over tier to left. That to right canted back on corner.
4 storey outshut at rear with loading door to 2nd floor on S. Stone platform, iron railings and ladder with security hoops. Small sash windows to 3rd and lst floors, doorway to ground floor. Stone lintels.
2 tiers of Victorian sashes to rear elevation of outshut. Tier of larger Victorian sashes to rear of main building at right over lean-to closed porch, modern door, slate roof.
Interior
Reason for designation
Group value.
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