Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
5075
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
19/06/1990
Date of Amendment
19/06/1990
Name of Property
Retort House of the Old Gas Works (Now Gas Showroom)
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Dolgellau
Town
Locality
Easting
272877
Northing
317890
Street Side
Location
Set back from the street line opposite the entrance to Heol y Dwr.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Mid Cl9.
Exterior
3 bay, 2 storey. Coursed rubble masonry. Gently pitched slate roof. Raking gable copings on moulded kneelers. Boarded eaves on modillions. Truncated chimney stack to right, projecting ramped base with string course.
3 tall recessed round arches. Stone voussoirs on impost blocks stressed keystone, pilasters. 3 inset round arched windows to lst floor, stone voussoirs. Modern small pane glazing. Interrupted sill band. Former doorway to centre bay. Deep stone lintel shaped to form doorhead, modern small paned window. Plain plinth.
Former lst floor window to right end elevation alongside chimney base. Round arch, stone voussoirs. Wall below opened to form modern entrance.
2 round arched windows to left end elevation. Stone voussoirs, glazing similar to front.
An architecturally ambitious example of the buildings associated with small rural gas works in the mid Cl9.
Interior
Reason for designation
Group value with Governor House to right.
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