3533

8  

II  

Designated  

14/04/1992  

14/04/1992  

Rose Lea  

8 The Close  

Conwy  

Llanfairfechan  

 

Llanfairfechan  

268392  

374724  

 

 

Domestic  

 

Built 1924. By Herbert Luck North (1871-1941), outstanding Arts and Crafts architect of his age in Wales. The Close was laid out and developed between 1899 and 1945. The almost unaltered buildings (in materials making reference to local vernacular building styles), and the lay-out of The Close, form a textbook example of a group of high quality Arts and Crafts style domestic architecture unique in Wales.  

Two-storey house. Rough-cast render (now painted white). Roof laid in graded courses of small grey and russet slates from Gallt y Llan quarry, Snowdon. Two chimney groups in brown brick; each has taller stack on ridge and 2 lower stepped stacks. Front elevation wall runs up into 2 gabled dormers each with small pane replacement window under drip mould. Roof overhangs front wall on corbels but is flush at gable ends of house. Roof sweeps down on L over porch (now glazed), porch roof hipped to R and supported by wooden post; square headed entrance doorway with boarded door, small-pane window to L. To R of porch one 2-light and two 3-light small pane metal casement windows, all with drip moulds. Right (SE) elevation has on first floor, small pane metal casement window (drip mould over). On ground floor, semi-hexagonal bay with small- slate roof and small pane metal casement windows.  

 

Group value with other buildings in The Close and its vicinity.