Tafarn y Werin, Caernarfon, Gwynedd

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.1408 / 53°8'26"N

Longitude: -4.2764 / 4°16'35"W

OS Eastings: 247831

OS Northings: 362829

OS Grid: SH478628

Mapcode National: GBR 5H.65NJ

Mapcode Global: WH43F.8BW0

Plus Code: 9C5Q4PRF+8C

Entry Name: Tafarn y Werin

Listing Date: 22 May 1967

Last Amended: 3 May 2002

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 3866

Building Class: Commercial

ID on this website: 300003866

Location: In a row of frontages midway along the street.

County: Gwynedd

Town: Caernarfon

Community: Caernarfon

Locality: Walled town

Built-Up Area: Caernarfon

Traditional County: Caernarfonshire

Tagged with: Architectural structure

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History

Built in the third quarter of the C19 and first shown on the 1890 Ordnance Survey. It was a grocer's shop in 1895. Owned by the Vaynol Estate until 1957.

Exterior

A shop and house of 3 storeys and 2 windows, of scribed stucco, slate roof and brick stack to the L. Ground-floor windows do not align with the upper windows, revealing its original commercial use and the position of a side passage. In the lower storey is a replaced door L of centre under a late C19 overlight. To its L and R are large 2-pane horned sash windows. At the R end is a panelled passage door under an overlight. Above the lower storey is a late C20 fascia. In the middle storey are 12-pane, in the upper storey shorter 9-pane hornless sash windows with thin glazing bars.

Reasons for Listing

Listed for its simple C19 Georgian character and for its contribution to the historic integrity of the walled town.

External Links

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Tafarn y Werin

A Grade II Listed Building in Caernarfon, Gwynedd