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Plas Llanfair Cottage

Llanfairfechan, Conwy, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Llanfairfechan, Conwy, designated on 14 April 1992.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Plas Llanfair Cottage, Llanfairfechan, Conwy, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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
53.25377, -3.97731
Cadw reference
5843

Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)

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Cadw's description

On W corner of Village Road and Parc Henblas.

Built 1857, by for Mr & Mrs Richard Luck. Alterations and extension c1900 by Herbert Luck North, architect, of Llanfairfechan.

Two-storey house in brown grey rubble masonry, slate roofs, brick chimneys, wooden casement windows.

Entrance front faces N. Cross gable to L, 2-light window on first floor, 3-light on ground floor. Single storey steeply gabled porch to R. Above porch small dormer under raking roof and to R small gabled dormer, below which on ground floor is square-headed casement window. To W, cross wing end has ground floor semi-hexagonal bay with, above, 2-light casement. To R, range two windows broad with door at angle with cross wing under lean-to porch. Return to right (S) has one 3-light casement window on first floor.

Facing E is unusual range, remodelled by H L North. Paired gables (tall first floor small pane windows) and roof with picturesquely varied angles. Return to N has small dormer under raking roof, roof sweeps down to ground floor level. Return to S has small-pane casement windows at eaves level, and on ground floor Gothic-arched doorway in red-brown bricks.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Designated Historic Asset GIS Data, The Welsh Historic Environment Service (Cadw), 2026-09-07, licensed under the Open Government Licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ Cadw, the Welsh Historic Environment Service · Open Government Licence v3.0
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