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Newsagents

A Grade II Listed Building in Dolgellau, Gwynedd

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Latitude: 52.7434 / 52°44'36"N

Longitude: -3.8853 / 3°53'7"W

OS Eastings: 272826

OS Northings: 317863

OS Grid: SH728178

Mapcode National: GBR 91.06AM

Mapcode Global: WH56P.993P

Plus Code: 9C4RP4V7+9V

Entry Name: Newsagents

Listing Date: 19 June 1990

Last Amended: 19 June 1990

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 4938

Building Class: Commercial

ID on this website: 300004938

Location: On the street line between Glyndwr Street and Waterloo Street

County: Gwynedd

Community: Dolgellau

Community: Dolgellau

Built-Up Area: Dolgellau

Traditional County: Merionethshire

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History

Cl885.

Exterior

3 storey, 3 window, commercial building. Classical detail. Snecked rubble masonry, freestone dressings. Rock faced quoins. Hipped slate roof, eaves cornice on modillions. Stone stacks, moulded caps.
3 round arched timber dormers to attic, gabled slate roofs, slated cheeks. Round arched Victorian sash windows.
Shouldered segmental, moulded label over centre window to 2nd floor, pilasters, panelled apron below sill band. Victorian sash. Similar detail to bipartite windows under pediments to either side. Aprons drop down to flat moulded labels over lst floor windows. Caernarvon arches, pilasters, sill band.
Fine contemporary shopfront across ground floor. Cornice over plain entablature. 8 moulded round arched openings, fielded spandrels. Fielded panels to pilasters rising through entablature from capitals with fielded panels on plain main pilasters. Plastered stallrisers. Recessed doorways with stone steps down to street in 2nd bay from left and 2nd bay from right. Contemporary doors and railings to Newsagents. Shopfronts returned l bay to left side elevation and 3 bays to right side (with blind window in centre).
3 window elevation to Glyndwr Street. 3 dormers as front to attic. 3áVictorian sashes to 2nd and lst floor windows. Rock faced architraves. 2 similar windows flank central doorway to right. Deep rectangular fanlight over Cl9 door. Contemporary l storey, l window cottage adjoins to right. Snecked masonry front, slate roof. Stone stack raised in brick. Gablet to lst floor, bargeboards. Victorian sash window, stone lintel. Similar below to ground floor. Doorway offset to left, rectangular fanlight over part glazed Cl9 door.

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