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 two gabled dormers with small pane metal windows under drip moulds. 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 to R on wooden post. Square headed entrance doorway with original boarded door. To L of porch, polygonal bay (5 sides of octagon) clasps angle of building and is covered by roof of small slates. Windows in bay small pane metal casements. To L of porch, three small pane metal casement windows. Elevation to R (S) has small pane metal casement windows and pointed arched doorway.

Reasons for Listing

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

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29483384

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Recommended Books

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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair