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Nos 403 & 405 Abergele Road

A Grade II Listed Building in Old Colwyn, Conwy

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.2893 / 53°17'21"N

Longitude: -3.6983 / 3°41'53"W

OS Eastings: 286889

OS Northings: 378270

OS Grid: SH868782

Mapcode National: GBR 2ZMD.4L

Mapcode Global: WH656.5L56

Plus Code: 9C5R78Q2+PM

Entry Name: Nos 403 & 405 Abergele Road

Listing Date: 9 September 1994

Last Amended: 9 September 1994

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 14848

Building Class: Commercial

ID on this website: 300014848

Location: In the block between Cefn Road and Princess Street.

County: Conwy

Community: Old Colwyn (Hen Golwyn)

Community: Old Colwyn

Built-Up Area: Colwyn Bay

Traditional County: Denbighshire

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History

The terrace of shops with accommodation over was in the process of development on the second edition OS map of 1899-1900. This shows the building on the corner of Princess Road and 3 adjacent properties (Nos 411-425), together with the building which forms the left hand end of the terrace (No399-401). The strongly unified design of the terrace suggests that it was designed as a piece, though built in separate phases.

Exterior

Nos 399-415: 6 shops,each given separate emphasise by a crow-stepped main gable, and a similar smaller gable over a subsidiary bay. Ground floor shop fronts largely renewed, though pavement canopies survive to Nos 413 and 415. Timber canted oriel windows to first floor in each main gable, with slate roofs, and 2-pane sash windows on each floor in the lesser gables. Main gables also have 2-pane sash windows in their apexes.

Reasons for Listing

Nos 399-415 represent an ambitious commercial development on an urban scale, using a distinctive local feature of crow-stepped gables to create a strong architectural rhythm while emphasising individual units in the row.

Forms a group with Midland Bank (No 397).

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