Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
House and New Choice
Conwy, Conwy, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- No class recorded
- Date of designation
- 30 December 2005
- Locality
- Walled town
- Town
- Conwy
- Community
- Conwy
- Unitary authority
- Conwy
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.28063, -3.83089
- Cadw reference
- 87390
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 fronting the street on the S side of Lancaster Square.
History
Built in the final decade of the C19 as a pair with No 6, and shown on the 1900 Ordnance Survey.
Exterior
A 3½-storey shop and house in a single range with No 6, of whitened pebble-dash with black-painted smooth-rendered surrounds, slate roof on a dentil eaves cornice, with skylight, shared brick stack to the R and roughcast stack to the L. The modern replacement shop front has recessed half-glazed, margin-lit panel doors, under a margin-glazed overlight. It is flanked by plate glass windows, with margin-glazed lights above transoms. At the L end is a panel house door, also under a margin-glazed overlight. The front is framed by panelled pilasters and end brackets to a modern fascia. In the 1st and 2nd floors openings are offset to the L and have horned sashes in eared architraves. The 1st floor has a plain sash window of 3 over 2 panes to the L, and canted oriel to the R with similar glazing pattern. The second floor windows are of 6 over 2 panes.
The roughcast rear retains small-pane sashes and has a ground-floor extension.
Interior
Not inspected.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special architectural interest as a commercial and residential building of definite late C19 character, part of an imposing architectural group formed by Nos 1-6, and for its overall contribution to the historical townscape of Lancaster Square.
Nearby in the register
- Manchester HouseNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- House and The Raj RestaurantNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- House and Fletcher & Poole Estate AgentsNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- House and Private Adult ShopNo class recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.