Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Lamp Standard
Llandudno, Conwy, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
- Date of designation
- 16 March 1976
- Locality
- Llandudno
- Community
- Llandudno
- Unitary authority
- Conwy
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.32603, -3.83054
- Cadw reference
- 3487
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 1883 "Watershed map England, Wales 3." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Outside No 7 South Parade, where South Parade turns towards Mostyn Street.
History
Late C19 lamp standard, restored 1999/2000.
Exterior
Cast-iron lamp standard similar to those on the Promenade and in Mostyn Street, with restored circular shaft, lamp socket plates with cresting and finials, supported on two sides by slender iron brackets rising from above the shafts; circular moulded base ornately decorated with bead and cable moulding, foliate motifs etc.
Reason for designation
One of a number of C19 cast iron lamp standards which contribute to the character of Llandudno as a Victorian seaside resort. Group value with adjacent listed buildings.
Nearby in the register
- 8 South ParadeCommercialunder 1 mi
- 7 South ParadeCommercialunder 1 mi
- Marlborough HotelCommercialunder 1 mi
- War Memorial, including Lamp Standards and BollardsCommemorativeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.