Plas Newydd (Premises of Nurses TV & Radio), Dolgellau, Gwynedd

Coordinates

Latitude: 52.7422 / 52°44'32"N

Longitude: -3.8852 / 3°53'6"W

OS Eastings: 272827

OS Northings: 317735

OS Grid: SH728177

Mapcode National: GBR 91.061Q

Mapcode Global: WH56P.9B4K

Plus Code: 9C4RP4R7+VW

Entry Name: Plas Newydd (Premises of Nurses TV & Radio)

Listing Date: 19 June 1990

Last Amended: 19 June 1990

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 4960

Building Class: Commercial

ID on this website: 300004960

Location: On the street line at the corner with Meyrick Street.

County: Gwynedd

Community: Dolgellau

Built-Up Area: Dolgellau

Traditional County: Merionethshire

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History

Cl7 rear range with 3 bay extension of cl800 or earlier to Eldon Square.

Exterior

Coursed rubble masonry, rendered to front and later extensions to left gable ends. Moderately pitched slate roof to rear range. Square stone stack to left, water tabling. 2 semi-apsidal bays (formerly slate hung) with hipped slate roofs flank slightly recessed central bay with pediment treatment. Lateral stacks to extreme right and on left side of centre and left hand bays, latter rendered.
Pediment like gable of centre bay rests on timber dentil cornice over bipartite Victorian sash window, thin half-round pilasters. Dentil eaves cornice to flanking apsidal bays. Tripartite Victorian sashes canted back. (All lst floor glazing was formerly small paned sashes.)
Continuous fascia over shopfronts to ground floor. Recessed entrances, modern doors and shop windows.

Later asymmetric twin gabled l bay extension to Meyrick Street, Bargeboards, exposed purlins. Pebbledashed. Victorian sash windows. l to apex of gable to left. 3 to lst floor, narrower to right. Modern window to ground floor left. Doorway to centre with small window to left, cellar opening below with wooden shutter. Victorian sash to right. Low flat-roofed extension adjoins apsidal bay to right.

The "pedimented" bay facing Eldon Square was the red Lion PH in l820.

Interior

Interior of first floor retains sturdy chamfered beams.

Reasons for Listing

Group value.

External Links

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Plas Newydd (Premises of Nurses TV & Radio)

A Grade II Listed Building in Dolgellau, Gwynedd