Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
23/09/1950
Date of Amendment
13/07/2005
Name of Property
Neptune Cafe Bar and Takeaway
Address
25-27 Castle Street
Unitary Authority
Isle of Anglesey
Location
Fronting the street on the W side of the Town Hall at the junction with Wall Street.
History
Built in the late C18 or early C19 and shown on the 1829 plan as a single house, although the design of its front suggests that it was originally 2 houses. Later in the C19 it was divided into 2 properties, of which the L-hand (No 25) was the Pierhead Vaults, and the R-hand was a draper's shop in 1886.
Exterior
A late Georgian pair of former houses, of scribed roughcast painted white and slate roof with roughcast stack to the R. Openings in the front elevation reflect its former division into 2 properties. The L-hand former house has a shop front in the lower storey. It has recessed half-glazed panelled doors, flanked by 3-light shop windows and framed by panelled pilasters, double end consoles to the fascia, which has been repainted, and cornice. Above are tripartite 12-pane sash windows R and L in the middle storey, and smaller tripartite 6-pane windows to the R and L in the upper storey with blocked central window in both storeys.
The R-hand former house has its entrance in the L-hand bay. It has a fielded-panel door under a small-pane overlight, and pediment to a simple doorcase. To its R are 2 plain shop windows replacing original sashes. In the middle storey is a 4-pane sash window to the L, blocked central window and 2-light oriel window to the R. The upper storey has 8-pane fixed windows either side of the blocked central window.
The rear of No 25 has a lower 2-storey wing. It has a splayed doorway in the angle facing Wall Street, with replacement door. Windows are also replacements. Set back further L is a separate premises at the rear of No 27.
Interior
Modernised but retaining, behind the counter, a single panel of a former partition, with exposed wattle.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special architectural interest as a pair of former houses retaining definite Georgian character and detail, and for its contribution to the historical integrity of Castle Street.
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