Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
415 Abergele Road
Old Colwyn, Conwy, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 9 September 1994
- Locality
- Old Colwyn
- Community
- Old Colwyn
- Unitary authority
- Conwy
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.28923, -3.69793
- Cadw reference
- 14852
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1795 "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Cadw's description
Location
In the block between Cefn Road and Princess Street.
History
The terrace of shops with accommodation over was in the process of development on the second edition OS map of 1899-1900. This shows the building on the corner of Princess Road and 3 adjacent properties (Nos 411-425), together with the building which forms the left hand end of the terrace (No399-401). The strongly unified design of the terrace suggests that it was designed as a piece, though built in separate phases.
Exterior
Nos 399-415: 6 shops, each given separate emphasis by a crow-stepped main gable, and a similar smaller gable over a subsidiary bay. Ground floor shop fronts largely renewed, though pavement canopies survive to Nos 413 and 415. Timber canted oriel windows to first floor in each main gable, with slate roofs, and 2-pane sash windows on each floor in the lesser gables. Main gables also have 2-pane sash windows in their apexes.
Reason for designation
Nos 399-415 represent an ambitious commercial development on an urban scale, using a distinctive local feature of crow-stepped gables to create a strong architectural rhythm while emphasising individual units in the row.
Forms a group with Midland Bank (No 397).
Nearby in the register
- Nos 417, 419, 421, 423 & 425 Abergele Road and No 1 Princess RoadCommercialunder 1 mi
- 413 Abergele RoadCommercialunder 1 mi
- 411 Abergele RoadCommercialunder 1 mi
- Nos 407 & 409 Abergele RoadCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.