Waverley Hotel

Cadw's description

Location

The R of 3 hotels stepping up hill at N end of North Parade.

Exterior

Hotel. Three storeys and attic over basement; 3 windows. Slate gabled roof; 3 gabled dormers. Modillion eaves cornice. Quoins. Roughcast cladding. Three two-light windows on the second floor, with narrow sashes with their heads rounded at the corners and stuccoed architraves; stringcourse at all levels. On first floor, there is a storeyed three-light canted bay window in each end bay which descends from first floor to basement level; segmental headed lights to first floor; square-headed lights below. In centre bay there is a two-light segmental headed window with casing of pilasters, keystone and entablature. In the centre ground floor bay there is a doorway with pilasters and entablature and modern glazed door, the entablature in no 27 masked by modern boarding.

Front gardens and passageway to front gardens separated from street by wall rising in steps with pebbledash cladding and coping; late C19 iron railings; stone piers at entrance to passageway.

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.