Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
14678
Building Number
153
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
25/07/1994
Date of Amendment
25/07/1994
Name of Property
153 Conway Road
Address
153 Conway Road
Location
Unitary Authority
Conwy
Community
Colwyn Bay
Town
Locality
Colwyn Bay
Easting
283903
Northing
379473
Street Side
S
Location
In the block bounded by Victoria Park and Yerburgh Avenue.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Pair of houses, built 1907, and designed by J M Porter, one of the leading architects of the development of Colwyn Bay, for a Mr J O Davies.
Exterior
Interior
Reason for designation
The houses are excellent examples of Arts and Crafts architecture applied to small house building, suggesting the influence of the progressive architecture and planning adopted in the garden village movement. A striking composition, the houses also retain all their original external detail.
Group Description
Nos 151-153 (odd) Conway Road, Colwyn Bay
White roughcast render with red plain tiled roofs. Simple but bold Arts and Crafts styles. A symmetrical pair, with dominant paired central gables, the roof dipping down low over the ground floor on each outer side, with angled stack in the re-entrant angle of the gable, and entrance at the inner edge of the recessed bay beyond. Each has paired doors, each with half moon glazing. Small 2-light casement window above the door. In the main gable, each has a wide canted bay window with smaller inglenook window alongside, and flat-headed 5-light casement window above. Small dormer window in the side of the gables, string course over first floor across the gables, and vent in each apex. Gable roofs oversail on brackets. Windows throughout are small-paned casements. Additional stacks at the rear of main range, close to the junction with shallow rear service wing. The houses were probably divisible by screens into drawing room and dining room, and had a small kitchen and scullery.
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