Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
House, Rhywberth I Bawb (Something for Everyone) and Conwy Crystal
Conwy, Conwy, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Walled town, Conwy, designated on 8 October 1981.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 8 October 1981
- Locality
- Walled town
- Town
- Conwy
- Community
- Conwy
- Unitary authority
- Conwy
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.28148, -3.82871
- Cadw reference
- 3299
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 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
In a block of commercial and residential buildings fronting the street.
History
A mid C19 shop and house first shown on the 1889 Ordnance Survey. The shop was divided into 2 premises in the late C20.
Exterior
A 3-storey 3-bay house with shops, of scribed roughcast front, slate roof and shared roughcast stack to the L. The shop front has plate glass wood-mullioned windows with small brackets. The L-hand is single light, the R-hand side 2 unequal lights. The original recessed central door has been removed, but its overlight has survived. (Inside the original doorway are 2 splayed inserted doorways to the subdivided interior.) Above is a narrow fascia and cornice, superimposed on which is a deeper fascia to the centre that supports a large tablet with moulded arched head and scrollwork sides, inscribed 'No 5 High Street'. At the L end is a recessed C20 replacement fielded-panel house door with small-pane hexagonal glazed panel, under a overlight. The 1st floor has oriel windows R and L with renewed 4-pane horned sashes. The upper storey has 9-pane horned sash windows R and L and blind central window.
The 2-window pebble-dashed rear has a 1½-storey gabled projection. It has a central segmental-headed stair window and sash windows in the 2nd floor.
Interior
Modernised and converted to 2 shops.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special architectural interest as a commercial and residential building of definite C19 character, and for its contribution to the historical townscape.
Nearby in the register
- House and The Blue Casket (Cist Las)No class recordedunder 1 mi
- House and Chatter BoxCommercialunder 1 mi
- House and Oriel y Crochenwyr (The Potters' Gallery)Commercialunder 1 mi
- Aberconwy HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.