Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Acorn Cottage
Llanfairfechan, Conwy, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llanfairfechan, Conwy, designated on 14 April 1992.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 14 April 1992
- Locality
- Llanfairfechan
- Community
- Llanfairfechan
- Unitary authority
- Conwy
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.25385, -3.97219
- Cadw reference
- 3546
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)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 106 Bangor (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
History
Built 1940. By North & Padmore, Architects, of Llanfairfechan. (Herbert Luck North (1871-1941) and P M Padmore (b 1896)).
The Close was laid out and developed between 1899 and 1945, instigated by H L North, outstanding Arts and Crafts architect of his age in Wales. 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. Central chimney in red-brown brick.Cross gable to L has 2-light small pane casement window on first floor, and on ground floor, pair of small pane casements and small round-headed window. To R, porch under roof slope, and 3-light small-pane casement window.
Dormer in L roof slope of cross gable (addition).
House extended to L (single-storey) to join garage. Garage an addition in matching materials (hipped slate roof and roughcast walls). To R (S), paired gables (each with small-pane window) above ground floor bay (addition).
Reason for designation
Listed for group value with other buildings in The Close and its vicinity.
Nearby in the register
- Carreg LlwydDomesticunder 1 mi
- HillcrestDomesticunder 1 mi
- Grey GablesDomesticunder 1 mi
- Ael y GwyntDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.