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
16/03/1976
Date of Amendment
06/06/2001
Name of Property
Florence House, including blocks to rear
Location
About 20m S of junction with Church Walks.
History
1850s. Former court and police station, until replaced by new Police Station in Oxford Road around 1920.
Exterior
Two storeys. Front elevation of three widely spaced bays, faced with large painted blocks of stone of regular size. Slate hipped roof. Band at first floor level; end pilasters. Centre bay breaks forward and is surmounted by a shallow triangular pediment. Two-light casements with small panes and architraves on first floor; on ground floor, a 16-pane sash window with shouldered architrave in each outer bay. Doorway in centre with shouldered architrave and half-glazed four-panelled door. Side elevation to S of scribed render; 2 square windows to upper floor, 2 small windows to first floor; stair window between; doorway to L. To rear, block with hipped slate roof with ventilator; doorway facing S; rubble elevation to W.
Reason for designation
One of earliest purpose built civic buildings in Llandudno.
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