Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
House and Pantri Conwy Pantry
Conwy, Conwy, Wales
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
- 53.28090, -3.83029
- Cadw reference
- 3307
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1795 "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).
Cadw's description
Location
In a block of commercial and residential buildings at the SW end of High Street.
History
An C18 or early C19 house, with later shop conversion.
Exterior
A late-Georgian style 3-storey 2-window café and house of cream-painted pebble-dashed front, smooth-rendered eared architraves and eaves band, and slate roof. The lower storey has a C20 shop front, framed by fluted pilasters, fascia with end brackets and modern sign, and a thin cornice. The doorway L of centre has similar pilasters, a half-glazed door with small-pane coloured frosted-glass overlight. A 2-light window to its R and 1-light window to the L have similar detail. In the upper storeys openings are offset to the R and all have hornless sash windows. In the 1st floor is a 16-pane window on the L and 12-pane window on the R. The 2nd floor has 9-pane windows beneath the eaves.
Interior
Modernised.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special architectural interest as a commercial and residential building retaining definite C19 character, and for group value within the historical townscape.
Nearby in the register
- Pen-y-bryn tea roomsDomesticunder 1 mi
- House and G.H. Edwards NewsagentsNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Red Lion HouseNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Ye Old Mansion HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.