Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
25303
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
06/06/2001
Date of Amendment
06/06/2001
Name of Property
Ardwy Orme
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Conwy
Community
Llandudno
Town
Locality
Llandudno
Easting
278040
Northing
382834
Street Side
N
Location
To N of, and above Ty Gwyn Road, reached by private drive
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Dated 1895. Designed by G A Humphreys, architect to the Mostyn Estate, for himself.
Exterior
House in Free Renaissance style. Two storeys and attic. Smooth render with extensive red sandstone dressings; red tiled roofs, tall red brick chimneys with cornices etc. Gabled bay with Dutch Renaissance detailing, pediment (date 1895), pilasters framing 3-light attic window, volutes to sides; 2-storey square bay window with balustrade over upper floor, and architect's monogram over ground floor. To R, single storey block with hipped slate roof. Behind this projecting gabled block at right angles, balcony to first floor. To L of gabled bay, large dormer; on first floor 4-light mullioned window with broad swan-neck pediment; on ground floor glazed (formerly open?) loggia. Left hand elevation has entrance with elaborate stone door surround with pinnacles with ball finials, cornice on volutes, round-headed doorway with mannerist columns; original panelled doors.
Interior
Reason for designation
Prominently sited well-designed house built for himself by G A Humphreys, architect to the Mostyn Estate, and important in the design and lay out of late C19 and early C20 Llandudno. Group value with Glain Orme.
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