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
14694
Building Number
7
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
25/07/1994
Date of Amendment
25/07/1994
Name of Property
7 Penrhyn Buildings
Address
7 Princes Drive
Location
Unitary Authority
Conwy
Community
Colwyn Bay
Town
Locality
Colwyn Bay
Easting
284967
Northing
379098
Street Side
E
Location
On the corner of Penrhyn Road and Princes Drive.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Exterior
Interior
Reason for designation
Ambitiously composed on a prominent corner site, the development represents a well detailed example of the commercial architecture of its period, intergrating the Art Deco elements of the shop fronts within a loose Neo-georgian design; it survives almost intact.
Group Description
Penrhyn Buildings (Nos 28-34 Penrhyn Road with Nos 1-7 Princes Drive), Colwyn Bay
Buff brick with white faience dressings. 3 storeys, curved in plan, and comprising 3 distinct elements, symmetrically grouped about a central block. This comprises 3 shops, with white faience to shop fronts at ground floor, and articulated 1-3-2-3-1 above, with narrow end bays over side entrances, and pediment over 2 central bays. Plain brick pilasters between the windows, which are 2-pane sashes with margin lights, and Greek Key frieze in entablatures to first floor, 12-pane sash windows to second floor. White faience cornice, side entrances in moulded architraves with
flat entablature hoods. Shop fronts: the right hand unit has been renewed but the others retain the original shop fronts with curved glazing with margin lights in upper panes, tiled stall risers and mosaic floors. This central block is flanked by symmetrical outer bays: these are also 3 storeyed, and have steep hipped green slate roofs, with leaded upper panes to first floor, and 5 12-pane sash windows in second floor. White faience architraves to first floor windows, and white cornice band. Many of the shop fronts survive, although some of the glazing has been renewed.
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