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
3279
Building Number
8
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
08/10/1981
Date of Amendment
05/05/2006
Name of Property
8 Church Street
Address
8 Church Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Conwy
Community
Conwy
Town
Conwy
Locality
Walled town
Easting
278093
Northing
377491
Street Side
Location
In a row of terraced houses fronting the street.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
An C18 house with front and rear remodelled in the C19.
Exterior
Terraced house; pebble-dashed walls, steep slate roof with small skylight, and brick stack shared with No 10 (The Malt House Public House) to the L, and a small stack to the R. 2 storeyed, double fronted, with doorway off-set to right; recessed panel door has a 4-pane overlight. Hornless sash windows are 16-pane in the lower storey under segmental heads, 12-pane in the upper storey below the eaves.
In the rear is a central half-glazed panel door flanked by 16-pane hornless sash windows under cambered heads. The upper storey has 3 similar windows below the eaves, but the central is wider.
Interior
Not inspected.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special architectural interest as an C18 terraced house retaining its overall form consistent with C19 remodelling, forming a strong visual group with Nos 4, 6 and 10, and contributing to the historical townscape.
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