Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
House, including forecourt railings and gate
Conwy, Conwy, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Walled town, Conwy, designated on 23 September 1950.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 23 September 1950
- Locality
- Walled town
- Town
- Conwy
- Community
- Conwy
- Unitary authority
- Conwy
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.28103, -3.82725
- Cadw reference
- 3259
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesDavid 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)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 94 Beaumaris (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
One of a pair of houses set back from the road behind a railed forecourt.
History
One of a pair of early C19 houses, mentioned as newly built in the Rev Robert Williams's book, "The History and Antiquities of the town of Aberconwy" of 1835.
Exterior
Belongs to a group of 23-25 Castle Street.
A pair of late-Georgian town houses of 2 storeys and 3 bays, of pebble-dashed walls painted cream, slate roof and roughcast end and central stacks. Both houses have a central entrance, of which No 25 has a fielded-panel door, No 23 replacement double-panel doors, both with 5-pane overlight, and restored segmental canopy on moulded wooden brackets (details were reinstated in No 25 to match No 23). Windows are renewed 16-pane hornless sashes with cambered heads.
In front of each house is a dwarf coped stone wall and restored wrought iron railings, which incorporate twisted spear and cast-iron urn finials. A gate has been added to each house in a similar style.
Interior
The house is centrally planned with entrance hall, at the rear of which is an open-well stair with plain balusters and turned newel.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special architectural interest as part of a pair of well-preserved early C19 town houses, retaining original forecourt railings, and for group value within the historical townscape.
Nearby in the register
- Llys Meddyg, including forecourt railings and gateDomesticunder 1 mi
- Pillar box outside NatWest BankNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Telephone Call-box outside NatWest BankCommunicationsunder 1 mi
- George and Dragon InnCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.