Plas Bowman, Caernarfon, Gwynedd

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.1408 / 53°8'26"N

Longitude: -4.2774 / 4°16'38"W

OS Eastings: 247763

OS Northings: 362827

OS Grid: SH477628

Mapcode National: GBR 5H.65FZ

Mapcode Global: WH43F.8BD1

Plus Code: 9C5Q4PRF+82

Entry Name: Plas Bowman

Listing Date: 10 August 1953

Last Amended: 3 May 2002

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 3862

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300003862

Location: At the junction of High Street and Church Street.

County: Gwynedd

Town: Caernarfon

Community: Caernarfon

Locality: Walled town

Built-Up Area: Caernarfon

Traditional County: Caernarfonshire

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History

Dated 1808 with the monogram RN, said to refer to the Nanney family. In the late C19 its L side wall facing Church Street was roughcast when it was combined as a single business premises with 2 Church Street. In 1895 Plas Bowman was the County Court Office and the District Registry of the High Court, while Plas Bowman and 2 Church Street both housed solicitors' offices. Plas Bowman was damaged late C20 by a fire that gutted the interior and destroyed the roof.

Exterior

Late Georgian town house; coursed and squared stone, the roof is entirely destroyed. 3 storeys, 4 unequal bays to High Street elevation; the openings offset to the left. The round-headed doorway is in the bay R of centre and has a radial overlight and panelled reveals. It has been boarded up. Above it is a small dated slate tablet. The windows have flat arches and are blocked. The first-floor windows have a sill band. The L-hand return wall, facing Church Street, is 2-bay, of late C19 scribed roughcast painted cream, first-floor sill band thicker than to the front elevation, and blocked windows.

Reasons for Listing

Listed, notwithstanding fire damage, as an important early C19 gentry town house on a prominent corner site, and for its contribution to the historic integrity of the walled town.

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Plas Bowman

A Grade II Listed Building in Caernarfon, Gwynedd