85398

9  

II  

Designated  

30/03/1951  

26/09/2005  

Portmeirion Pottery and Gifts  

9 Stryd Fawr (High St)  

Gwynedd  

Porthmadog  

Porthmadog  

Porthmadog  

256991  

338574  

NE  

In a terrace near the SE end of High Street, opposite Heol y Parc.  

 

 

Nos 1-9 High Street were built in the mid C19 and are shown on the 1871 Tremadog estate plan and 1888 Ordnance Survey. Built originally as shops with houses above, early photographs show the façade stone-faced, which was later concealed by slate hanging. Nos 7-9 was a drapers shop from at least 1871. In 1886 the upper storey of No 9 was the office of the Prudential Assurance Co.  

One of a row of 4 late-Georgian style 3-storey 2-window shops with houses above. They have slate-hung fronts, a slate roof hipped to the R end (No 1) where the corner is also splayed, with transverse stone stacks and a fourth, pebble-dashed stack at the R end. The houses are not of equal width. No 1 is the widest, Nos 7 and 9 are narrower than No 3. No 9 has a late C19 shop front with replacement window and recessed entrance to the L with replacement glazed door. Middle and upper storeys of Nos 7 and 9, now a single premises have hornless sash windows similar to Nos 1 and 3 but in which the glazing bars in the lower sashes have been removed. The L gable end is of large blocks of unworked slate-stone laid in regular courses in lower and middle storeys, roughcast above. The lower storey has inserted paired horned sash windows, and on the L side are small-pane sash windows in lower and middle storeys. The upper storey has a small-pane sash window to the R. The rear, where Nos 3, 7 and 9 are set slightly back from No 1, is of rubble laid in rough courses. No 9 retains some small-pane sashes. Nos 7-9 have a 2-storey rear roughcast wing, which has a pebble-dashed front facing the lane at the side of the block. It has C20 horned sash windows, renewed external steps at the L end to a replacement first-floor door, and a half-glazed door and shop window inserted in a former wide doorway.  

Not inspected.  

Listed for its special architectural interest as part of a short terrace of houses and shops, notable for its distinctive use of slate-hanging and retaining definite C19 regional character, close to and making a visual contribution to the historical integrity of the town centre and harbour.  

1-9 High Street A row of 4 late-Georgian style 3-storey 2-window shops with houses above. They have slate-hung fronts, a slate roof hipped to the R end where the corner is also splayed, with transverse stone stacks and a fourth, pebble-dashed stack at the R end. The houses are not of equal width. No 1 is the widest, Nos 7 and 9 are narrower than No 3. No 1 (Pioden) has a replacement lower-storey window and replacement door to the R in a modern stone surround. To its R is a single-storey flat-roofed extension with slate-hung walls, and wide modern shop window under an awning. In the middle storey are 12-pane hornless sashes and in the upper storey shorter 9-pane sashes. No 3 (Harbour Restaurant) has its entrance to the L, a recessed replacement boarded door under an overlight. To its R is a modern shop window in an earlier opening and across the lower storey is an awning and modern fascia. The middle storey has replacement 12-pane horned sash windows and the upper-storey similar but shorter 9-pane sash windows. No 7 has its entrance to the L, a recessed replacement glazed door under an overlight, to the R of which is a replacement shop window in an earlier opening, and under a modern fascia. No 9 (Portmeirion Pottery and Gifts) has a late C19 shop front with replacement window and recessed entrance to the L with replacement glazed door. Middle and upper storeys of Nos 7 and 9 have hornless sash windows similar to Nos 1 and 3 but in which the glazing bars in the lower sashes have been removed. The L gable end (No 9) is of large blocks of unworked slate-stone laid in regular courses in lower and middle storeys, roughcast above. The lower storey has inserted paired horned sash windows, and on the L side are small-pane sash windows in lower and middle storeys. The upper storey has a small-pane sash window to the R. The 2-window R end wall (No 1), facing Madoc Street, is slate-hung above a lower-storey dentilled cornice. It has 12-pane and 9-pane sash windows similar to the front. To the R of the 1-storey extension is a 4-pane hornless sash window in the lower storey. The rear, where Nos 3, 7 and 9 are set slightly back from No 1, is of rubble laid in rough courses, and retains some small-pane sash windows as well as replacement windows and rear wings. No 1 has a 1-storey projection under a single-pitch roof. No 3 has a narrow 2-storey wing. Nos 7-9 have a longer 2-storey rear roughcast wing, which has a pebble-dashed front facing the lane at the side of the block. It has C20 horned sash windows, renewed external steps at the L end to a replacement first-floor door, and a half-glazed door and shop window inserted in a former wide doorway.