Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Elms Hotel
Llandudno, Conwy, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llandudno, Conwy, designated on 16 March 1976.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 16 March 1976
- Locality
- Llandudno
- Community
- Llandudno
- Unitary authority
- Conwy
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.32791, -3.83098
- Cadw reference
- 25281
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1883 map "Watershed map England, Wales 3." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1885 · OS One-Inch (Hills) 1885-1903 (National Library of Scotland)
- 1899 · 94 Beaumaris (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1930 · OS Popular Edition 1919-1947 (National Library of Scotland)
Cadw's description
Location
Attached, to R, of Belle Vue Hotel.
History
Nos 23 & 24 North Parade appear on earliest photos of North Parade c1865, when Elms Hotel had typical Llandudno front of 3 bays, with 2 gables; roof raised in early C20 to give present top storey of 4 windows.
Exterior
Hotel. Four storeys; 3 bays, but 4 windows to upper floor. Parapet with name of hotel. On the third floor, four sash windows without glazing bars. On second, first and ground floors, centre openings are recessed within a tall round-headed arch; there is a round-headed sash window on the second floor, a square-headed sash window with shouldered architrave on first floor and a modern doorway on the ground floor at the head of a flight of steps. In each outer bay there is a square-headed sash window without glazing bars on second floor and on first and ground floors, a canted three-light bay window with sashes.
Reason for designation
Included as part of a group of Mid C19 buildings in important early development on sea front of planned Victorian resort of Llandudno. Group value with adjacent listed buildings.
Nearby in the register
- Belle Vue HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Bryn Y Mor HotelDomesticunder 1 mi
- 22 North ParadeCommercialunder 1 mi
- Belle Vue HotelCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.