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
25304
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
06/06/2001  
Date of Amendment
06/06/2001  
Name of Property
Glain Orme  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Conwy  
Community
Llandudno  
Town
 
Locality
Llandudno  
Easting
278068  
Northing
382840  
Street Side
N  
Location
To N of, and above Ty Gwyn Road, reached by private drive.  

Description


Broad Class
Domestic  
Period
 

History
Dated 1897. Designed by G A Humphreys, architect to the Mostyn Estate.  

Exterior
House in eclectic Free Renaissance/Arts & Crafts style. Two storeys and attic. Ground floor in smooth render with red sandstone dressings and cornice, first floor in pressed red brick, tile hanging to gable; red tiled roofs, tall red brick chimneys with cornices etc. Gabled bay with 3-light casement to attic, 5-light casement to first floor; on ground floor, to L, doorway with stone doorcase with flanking pillars with blocking courses, cornice supporting Renaissance style low relief semi-circular pediment and obelisk; double-leaf panelled doors; to R, 3-light mullion and transom window. To R of gabled bay, set back, block with 2 sash windows to first and second floors. To L of bay, polygonal turret with lead cupola with tall pinnacle; windows at both first and ground floor levels. To L of turret, further 2-storey bay with, on first floor, casement window with triangular projection; on ground floor, glass-roofed verandah with cambered arcading.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Prominently sited well-designed house built 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 Ardwy Orme.  

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