Palace Cafe, Caernarfon, Gwynedd

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.1398 / 53°8'23"N

Longitude: -4.2759 / 4°16'33"W

OS Eastings: 247862

OS Northings: 362713

OS Grid: SH478627

Mapcode National: GBR 5H.6CS6

Mapcode Global: WH43F.9B3T

Plus Code: 9C5Q4PQF+WJ

Entry Name: Palace Cafe

Listing Date: 31 March 1983

Last Amended: 3 May 2002

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 3908

Building Class: Commercial

ID on this website: 300003908

Location: At the S end of the street, facing Castle Ditch and Caernarfon Castle.

County: Gwynedd

Town: Caernarfon

Community: Caernarfon

Locality: Walled town

Built-Up Area: Caernarfon

Traditional County: Caernarfonshire

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History

Probably built in the C19 although its front was remodelled early C20.

Exterior

Georgian style 3-storey 3-bay shop with dwelling above, with faceted front elevation facing the castle; scribed roughcast walls, hipped slate roof with roughcast stack to the L side. In the lower storey is a central doorway in a rusticated surround, with replaced door. In the R-hand bay is a 12-pane horned sash window with sill in a similar rusticated surround. The L-hand bay is blank. Above is a thin then a much deeper moulded cornice continuous around the L side wall. The middle storey has 12-pane hornless sash windows, the upper storey similar 9-pane sashes. The Palace Street, has a similar single bay to arrangement of single sash windows in the upper storeys. In the lower storey is a triple window of 2-pane sashes in rusticated surrounds. The R side wall, facing Hole in the Wall Street, has a slate plaque with the street name and late C20 windows offset to the R.

Reasons for Listing

Listed for its well-mannered late Georgian character on a prominent corner site, and with other associated listed items for its contribution to the setting of Caernarfon Castle.

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Palace Cafe

A Grade II Listed Building in Caernarfon, Gwynedd