Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Edwards Fresh Food
Conwy, Conwy, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- No class recorded
- Date of designation
- 30 December 2005
- Locality
- Town centre
- Town
- Conwy
- Community
- Conwy
- Unitary authority
- Conwy
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.28121, -3.82969
- Cadw reference
- 87424
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
Fronting the street, on the corner of Crown Lane.
History
C20 and not shown in its present form on the 1913 Ordnance Survey. Previously a bank and with an entrance on the L side (now a window) with 'bank' in raised letters in the pediment. The present shop front is an alteration of 1994.
Exterior
A Renaissance-influenced shop and house of 3 storeys and 2 bays. The lower storey is light grey rock-faced random stone with freestone dressings. The middle and upper storeys are cream-painted pebble-dash with smooth-rendered quoin strips, architraves and upper storey sill band. The slate roof has end stacks. The wide central entrance is under a pediment, with recessed double folding half-glazed panel doors. It is flanked by pedimented cross windows. A freestone entablature has modern shop lettering, below a corbelled moulded cornice.
Middle and upper storeys have tripartite 9-pane hornless sash windows. In the L gable end, facing Crown Lane, is a cross window in the lower storey similar to the front.
Behind is a gabled wing of pebble-dash with smooth rendered quoin strips, banding and architraves. Facing Crown Lane is a boarded door on the L side. The 1st and 2nd floors have 2 windows each, all replacements in earlier openings except for a 9-pane hornless sash window upper R.
Reason for designation
Listed for group value within this important street.
Nearby in the register
- Conwy Town WallsTown Wallunder 1 mi
- Ye Olde Mailcoach public houseNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- House and St David's Hospice ShopCommercialunder 1 mi
- House and Conwy Fine WinesNo class recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.