Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
14849
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
09/09/1994
Date of Amendment
09/09/1994
Name of Property
Nos 407 & 409 Abergele Road
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Conwy
Community
Old Colwyn
Town
Locality
Old Colwyn
Easting
286895
Northing
378269
Street Side
N
Location
In the block between Cefn Road and Princess Street.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
The terrace of shops with accommodation over was in the process of development on the second edition OS map of 1899-1900. This shows the building on the corner of Princess Road and 3 adjacent properties (Nos 411-425), together with the building which forms the left hand end of the terrace (No399-401). The strongly unified design of the terrace suggests that it was designed as a piece, though built in separate phases.
Exterior
Nos 399-415: 6 shops,each given separate emphasise by a crow-stepped main gable, and a similar smaller gable over a subsidiary bay. Ground floor shop fronts largely renewed, though pavement canopies survive to Nos 413 and 415. Timber canted oriel windows to first floor in each main gable, with slate roofs, and 2-pane sash windows on each floor in the lesser gables. Main gables also have 2-pane sash windows in their apexes.
Interior
Reason for designation
Nos 399-415 represent an ambitious commercial development on an urban scale, using a distinctive local feature of crow-stepped gables to create a strong architectural rhythm while emphasising individual units in the row.
Forms a group with Midland Bank (No 397).
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