Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
House and Chatter Box
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
- 53.28143, -3.82880
- Cadw reference
- 3300
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.
Exterior
A late-Georgian style 3-storey 3-bay shop and house of whitened roughcast front (partly renewed in scribed cement render), slate roof and brick stack to the L. The shop has a replacement C20 front, with plate glass windows R and L, which both have 3 smaller panes above a transom. The central recessed double doors have a frosted-glass overlight. To the R is a boarded passage door. The 1st floor has 12-pane hornless sash windows, and the 2nd floor similar but shorter 6-pane windows.
The 2-window rear is rubble stone. In the lower storey the windows are boarded up and to their L is a recessed replacement passage door. Other windows are hornless sashes. In the 1st floor is a tall 18-pane stair window to the L, 12-pane window to the R, both under a brick segmental head. The upper storey has two 16-pane windows.
Interior
Modernised.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special architectural interest as a commercial and residential building of definite C19 character, retaining original detail, and for its contribution to the historical townscape.
Nearby in the register
- House, Rhywberth I Bawb (Something for Everyone) and Conwy CrystalCommercialunder 1 mi
- House and The Blue Casket (Cist Las)No class recordedunder 1 mi
- House and Oriel y Crochenwyr (The Potters' Gallery)Commercialunder 1 mi
- House and YesteryearsNo class recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.