Oliver's is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 2 August 1988. Commercial building. 2 related planning applications.
Oliver's
- WRENN ID
- calm-moat-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gwynedd
- Constituency
- Bangor Aberconwy MP: Claire Hughes (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 2 August 1988
- Type
- Commercial building
- Address
- Oliver's, 256 High Street, Bangor, LL57 1PA
- OS grid reference
- SH 582 720
- Coordinates
- 53.22673, -4.12496
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Oliver's is a three-storey building with two-window fronts, located at Nos 252 and 254, which are constructed of colourwashed coursed rubble, while No 256 features scribed render. The building has slate roofs and cement rendered chimney stacks topped with stone caps, along with a later dormer window added to No 254. The majority of the windows are 12-pane sash windows with cills, although the lower sashes of the first-floor windows in Nos 254 and 256 have had their glazing bars removed. The shop fronts have been altered and modernized; the entrance to No 252 is broadly splayed with glazed tiling, and No 254 features pilasters with a six-panel door and panelled reveals for the offices above the shop.
On the right end, there is scribed render with a small pane sash window, which is also present in the attached two-storey cross range that is set into the slope of New Ebenezer Place. The left end is rendered and includes a round arched headed window in the gable, made up of twinned 12-pane sashes beneath a fanlight, with additional sash windows below.
The rear of the building is stepped, with No 256 extending the furthest; Nos 252 and 256 are rendered, while No 254 is built of rubble, featuring small pane sash windows. Modern extensions are not included in this description.
Local climate
Oliver's sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,210 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2022
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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