Trewen

History

Built c1924. By Herbert Luck North (1871 1941), outstanding Arts and Crafts architect of his age in Wales.

The Close was laid out and developed between 1899 and 1945. The almost unaltered buildings (in materials making reference to local vernacular building styles), and the lay out of The Close, form a textbook example of a group of high quality Arts and Crafts style domestic architecture unique in Wales.

Exterior

Two storey house. Rough cast render (now painted white). Roof laid in graded courses of small grey and russet slates from Gallt y Llan quarry, Snowdon. Two groups of stepped chimneys in red brown brick at ridge.

Front elevation wall runs up into single gabled dormer with small pane metal casement window under drip mould. Roof overhangs front wall on corbels but is flush at gable ends of house, and sweeps down to rear to first floor level. At front, roof sweeps down on R over porch, porch roof supported to L on wooden post; vertical wooden boarding to L of porch roof, low half timbered wall to porch. Square headed entrance doorway. To R under porch, 3 light small pane window, and small window at right angles (R). Three small pane metal casement windows to L of porch. Left elevation has 3 light small pane casement window over semi hexagonal bay window. Right elevation has 3 light window to each floor and small window between floors to right.

At W corner of garden where lane meets close is garage with thick slate roof hipped over doors; walls in roughcast render.

Reason for designation

Group value with other buildings in The Close and its vicinity.