Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
3535
Building Number
10
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
14/04/1992
Date of Amendment
14/04/1992
Name of Property
Hilcroft
Address
10 The Close
Location
Unitary Authority
Conwy
Community
Llanfairfechan
Town
Locality
Llanfairfechan
Easting
268433
Northing
374719
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 tall chimney stacks in brown brick on ridge.
Front elevation wall runs up into 2 gabled dormers each with small pane metal casement 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, porch roof hipped and supported on masonry piers; square headed entrance doorway with boarded door, small-pane window to L of porch. To R of porch two 2-light and one 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.
Garage to rear, small-slate roof, roughcast render.
Interior
Reason for designation
Group value with other buildings in The Close and its vicinity.
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