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
3534
Building Number
9
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
14/04/1992
Date of Amendment
14/04/1992
Name of Property
Ty Hwnt Yr Afon
Address
9 The Close
Location
Unitary Authority
Conwy
Community
Llanfairfechan
Town
Locality
Llanfairfechan
Easting
268414
Northing
374725
Street Side
NE
Location
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Built c1924. 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.
Exterior
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; left has taller stack on ridge and 2 lower stepped stacks, right has single tall stack.
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 and supported by masonry piers; square headed entrance doorway with boarded light oak door, small-pane window to L of porch (replacement). To R of porch two 3-light small pane casement windows flank narrower window (replacements), all with drip moulds. Right (SE) elevation has on first floor, small pane (replacement) window (drip mould over). On ground floor, semi-hexagonal bay with small-slate roof and small pane (replacement) windows.
Garage to rear in matching materials and style.
Interior
Reason for designation
Group value with other buildings in The Close and its vicinity.
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