Caernarfon › History › Grade II* › Palace Vaults Photo: Tilman2007 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · tap to enlargeGrade II* listed building · Cadw Palace Vaults Listed Grade II* since 1953 73 years · Grade II* is the next 7.1% of Wales’s listed buildings
About About Palace Vaults Palace Vaults is one of 12 Grade II* listed buildings in Caernarfon and about 2,142 in Wales. It was listed on 10 August 1953. It stands in the Caernarfon conservation area, designated in 1968. Within 400 metres are 6 more Grade I buildings and 203 other listed buildings.
Cadw Read the official list entry Cadw’s description of the building, its history and why it is listed · Record 3832 ↗ Grade II* is for particularly important buildings of more than special interest, about 7.1% of all listed buildings in Wales. Listing protects the whole building, inside and out: changes need listed building consent from the council.
Visit Make it a walk: 5 listed buildings in about 10 minutes Caernarfon · about 0.4 miles on foot, as the crow flies
1 2 3 4 5 © OpenStreetMap contributors Around it 112 more listed buildings within 150 metres Grade I and II* ones open their own page; Grade II ones open the official list entry.
Show the other 94 II Cofeb Llywelyn at Pencadlys Gwynedd 56 m II Caffi Maes 56 m II* Days Gone By Antiques 58 m II Richards Newsagents 61 m I Caernarfon Castle 62 m II Oriel Pendeitsh 63 m II 6 Castle Square 63 m II Boundary wall in front of 5 Castle Street 64 m II 7 Castle Square 67 m II (including boundary wall to rear yard.) 71 m II Revetment to terrace on W side of Castle Square 71 m II 5 Castle Street 71 m II 8 Castle Square 71 m II Honour Restaurant 76 m II 10-12 Castle Street 76 m II Castle Chambers 76 m II Statue of David Lloyd George 77 m II 2 Castle Ditch 79 m II The Old Market 79 m II 3 Castle Street 82 m II 8 Castle Street 83 m II The Morgan Lloyd Public House 83 m II Castle Restaurant 86 m II 28 High Street 87 m II Mantell Gwynedd 89 m II Statue of Sir Hugh Owen 89 m II 4 Castle Street 89 m II Macsen Restaurant 89 m II Maes Glas, including railings & gate 89 m II Ty Glyndwr 90 m II Castle Gift Shop 90 m II 36 High Street 90 m II 34a High Street 91 m II* 38-40 High Street 93 m II 20 High Street 94 m II Pencadlys Gwynedd 95 m II 2 Castle Street 95 m II 36 Castle Square, including railings & gate 95 m II 12 Castle Square 97 m II 13 Castle Square 100 m II Windmill Florists (incorporating 2 Hole-in-the-Wall Street) 101 m II 14 Castle Square 101 m II* Castle House 102 m II* Ty Sidan 103 m II 35 Castle Square, including railings & gate 103 m II 23 High Street 104 m II 25 High Street 105 m II 14 High Street 106 m II 27 High Street 106 m II Tafarn y Werin 106 m II 29 High Street 110 m II Hafod Aur 110 m II Castle Hotel, including railings & gate 113 m II 39 High Street 114 m I County Court (former County Hall) 114 m II* East Gate, incorporating 3 Hole-in-the-Wall Street 115 m II Caernarfon Royal Town Conservative Club 115 m II 2 Northgate Street 116 m II Swyddfa'r Cyngor 117 m II 11-13 High Street 118 m II* Tanybont Arch, including former lock-up to SE 119 m II Telephone Call-box outside The Crown public house 119 m II 8 High Street 119 m II 4 Eastgate Street 122 m II 6 High Street 123 m II 6 Eastgate Street 124 m II Hendre Aur 125 m II 32 Castle Square, including railings & gate 126 m II 7 High Street 126 m II 8 Eastgate Street 127 m II 3 Market Street 129 m II* Caernarfon Harbour Trust Offices 130 m II 10 Eastgate Street 130 m II Plas Bowman 131 m II Castle Pharmacy 132 m II 12 Eastgate Street 132 m II 11-15 Bridge Street 132 m II 14 Eastgate Street 134 m II 6 Bridge Street 135 m II 17 Bridge Street 135 m I Police Station, including forecourt railings and gate piers 139 m II 19 Bridge Street 139 m II House at rear of Plas Porth yr Aur (2 High Street) 140 m II 2 Church Street 140 m II 21 Bridge Street 141 m II 5 Market Street 141 m II 8 Bridge Street 141 m II Black Boy Inn 143 m II 23-25 Bridge Street 146 m II Caernarfon War Memorial 146 m II 7 Market Street, including railings and steps 147 m II The Anglesey Hotel Including Courtyard Wall to Rear 147 m II Cilgwyn 148 m II Lloyds TSB Bank, including Lloyds Bank Chambers 149 m More like it Grade I and II* inns and shops near Caernarfon Within 25 miles, with a photo.
Questions about Palace Vaults Is Palace Vaults listed? Yes. Palace Vaults is listed Grade II* on Cadw’s register (record 3832), first listed on 10 August 1953.
Can you visit Palace Vaults? It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
Is Palace Vaults in a conservation area? Yes, the Caernarfon conservation area, designated in 1968.
Listed buildings: Cadw, © Crown copyright, via DataMapWales. Photos: Wikimedia Commons and Geograph, credited above, copied to our own server. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Sources: Cadw listed buildings, scheduled monuments and registered historic parks and gardens via DataMapWales, October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Cadw conservation areas via DataMapWales (October 2026). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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