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.
Date of Designation
08/04/1997
Date of Amendment
08/04/1997
Name of Property
1 Mill Street
Location
Facing the river Conwy on its W bank in the centre of the village; immediately SW of the Pont Ysbyty Ifan, rubble-walled and gated forecourt.
Reason for designation
Included for group value with other listed items on the western bank of the river and as part of this well-preserved estate village.
Group Description
Nos 1-4 Mill Street.
Third-quarter C19 one-and-a-half storey terrace of 4 estate cottages; built for Lord Penrhyn (of Penrhyn Castle), following his aquisition of the estate in 1856. Rubble construction with shallow-pointed slatestone lintels to ground floor openings; continuous slate roof with tiled ridge and deep verges. 2 chimneys, shared between nos 1 and 2 and nos 3 and 4 respectively; 2-stage with rendered lower section and stone upper, plain cornice bands. The units are designed as one-window reflected pairs, nos 1 and 4 with outer entrances and nos 2 and 3 (the central two) with inner entrances. Half-glazed C20 doors and 6-pane C19 sashes with projecting cills. The upper windows are also 6-pane sashes and are contained within mid-C20 flat leaded dormers, breaking the eaves. To the rear, each unit has a modern door and window combination and paired modern dormer windows to the upper floor.
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