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
3254
Building Number
1
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
23/09/1950
Date of Amendment
05/05/2006
Name of Property
House, shop and hairdresser's
Address
1 Castle Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Conwy
Community
Conwy
Town
Conwy
Locality
Walled town
Easting
278207
Northing
377632
Street Side
NE
Location
Fronting the street near the NW end of Castle Street.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
An early C19 house, later converted to house and 2 shops, first shown on the 1889 Ordnance Survey.
Exterior
A 2-storey 2-window shop and house of rubble stone, slate roof and tall C20 brick end stacks. The original central entrance has a replacement glazed door under a canopy, to the R of which is a large shop window of 7x3 panes, under a fascia. A second shop front on the L side has a fielded-panel door under a narrow overlight, to the R of which is a small-pane shop window of 4x3 panes, all under a fascia. Below both shop windows are basement openings boarded up. In the upper storey are 16-pane hornless sash windows under segmental heads.
Interior
Modernised.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special architectural interest as an early C19 house, later converted for commercial use, retaining definite early character, and for its group value within the historical townscape.
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