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
25303
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
06/06/2001  
Date of Amendment
06/06/2001  
Name of Property
Ardwy Orme  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Conwy  
Community
Llandudno  
Town
 
Locality
Llandudno  
Easting
278040  
Northing
382834  
Street Side
N  
Location
To N of, and above Ty Gwyn Road, reached by private drive  

Description


Broad Class
Domestic  
Period
 

History
Dated 1895. Designed by G A Humphreys, architect to the Mostyn Estate, for himself.  

Exterior
House in Free Renaissance style. Two storeys and attic. Smooth render with extensive red sandstone dressings; red tiled roofs, tall red brick chimneys with cornices etc. Gabled bay with Dutch Renaissance detailing, pediment (date 1895), pilasters framing 3-light attic window, volutes to sides; 2-storey square bay window with balustrade over upper floor, and architect's monogram over ground floor. To R, single storey block with hipped slate roof. Behind this projecting gabled block at right angles, balcony to first floor. To L of gabled bay, large dormer; on first floor 4-light mullioned window with broad swan-neck pediment; on ground floor glazed (formerly open?) loggia. Left hand elevation has entrance with elaborate stone door surround with pinnacles with ball finials, cornice on volutes, round-headed doorway with mannerist columns; original panelled doors.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Prominently sited well-designed house built for himself by G A Humphreys, architect to the Mostyn Estate, and important in the design and lay out of late C19 and early C20 Llandudno. Group value with Glain Orme.  

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