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Bodoryn Cottages

Kinmel Bay and Towyn, Conwy, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Morfa Rhuddlan, Kinmel Bay and Towyn, Conwy, designated on 4 October 1973.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Bodoryn Cottages, Kinmel Bay and Towyn, Conwy, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation
Listed building, Grade II
Broad class
Domestic
Date of designation
4 October 1973
Locality
Morfa Rhuddlan
Town
Kinmel Bay and Towyn
Community
Kinmel Bay and Towyn
Unitary authority
Conwy
Country
Wales
Coordinates
53.28228, -3.53436
Cadw reference
18472

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1795 map "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).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
  • 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1898 · 95 Rhyl (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1963 · Map No. 36 - Local Government Commission for Wales : [Definitive maps showing proposed… (National Library of Scotland)

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Cadw's description

The cottages are set on the NE corner of the road junction between the A547, Rhuddlan Road and Gors Road running S from Abergele.

No 1, at the W end of the row, has a brick gable stack with 2 red clay pots, and a short gabled rear wing.

Included as a good example of mid to late C19 estate cottages in the distinctive style of a foremost architect of the period.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Designated Historic Asset GIS Data, The Welsh Historic Environment Service (Cadw), 2026-09-07, licensed under the Open Government Licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ Cadw, the Welsh Historic Environment Service · Open Government Licence v3.0
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