Former police Station, Dolgellau, Gwynedd

Coordinates

Latitude: 52.7422 / 52°44'32"N

Longitude: -3.8878 / 3°53'16"W

OS Eastings: 272655

OS Northings: 317738

OS Grid: SH726177

Mapcode National: GBR 90.0CDP

Mapcode Global: WH56P.7BXL

Plus Code: 9C4RP4R6+VV

Entry Name: Former police Station

Listing Date: 12 February 1952

Last Amended: 19 June 1990

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 5004

Building Class: Commercial

ID on this website: 300005004

Location: On the street line near where Heol-y-Capel opens onto Y Lawnt.

County: Gwynedd

Community: Dolgellau

Built-Up Area: Dolgellau

Traditional County: Merionethshire

Tagged with: Police station

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History

Mid Cl9.

Exterior

2 storey, 3 window building with parallel rear range. Squared, coursed rubble masonry with freestone dressings. Steeply pitched slate roof, hipped to left but truncated on right where later house abutts. Stone stack to left end. Similar to rear range with completed hipped roof. Ovolo moulded eaves cornice, rusticated quoins, plinth.
Round arched windows to lst floor. Rusticated architraves. l6 pane Gothic interlaced sashes. Similar to ground floor flank central doorway. Gothic fanlight over door of 6 fielded panels.

Rear range incorporating cells plainer, random coursed rubble masonry, no eaves cornice. Rusticated round-arched architraves to l2 pane sashes, no interlacing. Similar window to flank.
High rubble wall at rear, flagstone capped, encloses small triangular yard.

Interior

Interior largely modernised for office accommodation.

Reasons for Listing

Group value with other listed items on Y Lawnt.

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Former police Station

A Grade II Listed Building in Dolgellau, Gwynedd