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Latitude: 53.2815 / 53°16'53"N
Longitude: -3.828 / 3°49'40"W
OS Eastings: 278218
OS Northings: 377621
OS Grid: SH782776
Mapcode National: GBR 1ZQH.1C
Mapcode Global: WH654.5SD5
Plus Code: 9C5R75JC+JQ
Entry Name: House and Celtic Shops Ltd
Listing Date: 8 October 1981
Last Amended: 5 May 2006
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 3255
Building Class: Commercial
ID on this website: 300003255
Location: One of a pair of shops with accommodation above fronting the street.
County: Conwy
Town: Conwy
Community: Conwy
Community: Conwy
Locality: Walled town
Built-Up Area: Conwy
Traditional County: Caernarfonshire
Tagged with: House
Nos 7-9 Castle Street were built in the 2nd half of the C19 and are shown on the 1889 Ordnance Survey. In the early C20 No 7 was Joseph Jones, shoe shop.
Belongs to a group of 7-9 Castle Street.
A pair of mid C19 shops with houses above, in a range of 3 storeys grouped 2 3 bays, of whitened scribed roughcast, rusticated rock-faced quoins painted black, and slate roof on projecting dentil eaves. A whitened scribed roughcast stack is to the R, white roughcast stack L of centre, and grey roughcast stack to the L end. The lower storey has shop fronts. Above, the windows have similar black-painted keyed architraves, with cornices on consoles in the middle storey, and sill bands.
Modern 3-light shop window and double glazed door to the L. On the R side is a replacement glazed door to the house. The fascia is modern. The 1st bay has a double-height oriel window with small-pane glazing to 2-light casements (replacing original sashes). The 2nd bay has similar glazing to window slightly shorter than the sashes they replaced.
The rear is whitened render, with projecting lower 3-storey gabled bay offset to the L of centre. It has replacement windows and 2 large added gabled roof dormers.
Modernised.
Listed for its special architectural interest as one of a pair of shops with accommodation above retaining definite C19 character, and for its group value within the historical townscape.
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