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7 Church Street, Walled town, Caernarfon, GWYNEDD

A Grade II Listed Building in Caernarfon, Gwynedd

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.141 / 53°8'27"N

Longitude: -4.2777 / 4°16'39"W

OS Eastings: 247742

OS Northings: 362855

OS Grid: SH477628

Mapcode National: GBR 5H.65BL

Mapcode Global: WH43F.897V

Plus Code: 9C5Q4PRC+CW

Entry Name: 7 Church Street, Walled town, Caernarfon, GWYNEDD

Listing Date: 31 March 1983

Last Amended: 3 May 2002

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 3856

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300003856

Location: Set back from the street behind a low-walled forecourt with railings.

County: Gwynedd

Town: Caernarfon

Community: Caernarfon

Community: Caernarfon

Locality: Walled town

Built-Up Area: Caernarfon

Traditional County: Caernarfonshire

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History

Built in the period 1810-34 and first shown on the 1834 town plan.

Exterior

Belongs to a group of 7-9 Church Street.

A pair of late Georgian town houses. Roughcast front and rubble-stone rear, a graded slate roof with swept eaves on a moulded cornice, and central shared stack; tall and narrow 3 storey, 2-window town-houses. Each house has its doorway to the R, recessed within round arches with slender colonettes, and retaining a moulded architrave with key to No 9. Fielded panel doors have radial-glazed fanlights. In the lower storey are small-pane sashes, of 16 panes to No 7 while No 9 has a sash with panes laid on their sides. No 9 also retains a small-pane basement sash window. In the middle storey are tall 2-light casements (probably originally opening to balconies) in architraves with sill band, while the upper storey has 9-pane sashes, also with a sill band.

The rear of each house has a tall stair light on the L side, and sash windows on the R side under brick heads.

Interior

The original plan form has been retained. A narrow entrance hall has a panelled door at the rear, leading to the stairwell. The full-height open-well stair has a turned newel at the base, and plain balusters.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as one of a pair of houses retaining good early C19 character, representing the strong Georgian tradition in Caernarfon, and for its contribution to the historic integrity of the walled town.

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