Aberconwy House, Conwy - a photo on Flickriver

            A 3-storey medieval house, with roof timbers built from trees felled in 1417-20. Of rubble stone to lower storey, timber-framed in the upper storey, under a steep slate roof (replacing original stone tiles), with projecting lateral stack to the rear and central stone stack to the front roof slope. The ground-floor entrance is at the L end, with steps leading down (the ground floor is below the modern street level). It has a segmental-headed freestone doorway, with replacement half-glazed boarded door. Windows are mainly leaded-casements in wooden frames. At the R end is a probable original doorway with weathered surround, comprising dressed stone jambs and shouldered lintel, under a relieving arch. It has a 2-light casement at pavement level, although the opening was originally lower. Central forestair, added when the additional storey was inserted in the C16 or C17, with simple parapet, lead to the entrance to the 1st-floor hall. The entrance details are C18, a boarded door under a 2-pane overlight. To its L is a corbelled oriel window, also added when the additional storey was created, with 3-light casement. On the R of the entrance is an unequal pair of C19 sash windows, of 8 and 12 panes. The 2nd floor is jettied on corbelled brackets, and is framed in Kentish style with large panels and arched braces. It has three 2-light windows, in frames designed for 4-light diamond-mullion windows.

It was probably a high-status merchant's house built close to the town's Porth Isaf (or Lower Gate) and quay. It was originally probably 2 storeys. Fireplaces were added in the late C16 or C17, probably when the ground floor was divided into 2 storeys by the insertion of another floor, creating a 1st-floor hall and ground-floor service rooms. In the C17 it was the town house of Evan David, who had vegetables from his farm sold on the lower floor. In the C18 and early C19 it was the home of Captain Samuel Williams, dealer in slate, copper and lead. From 1850-1910 it was The Aberconwy Temperance Hotel and coffee shop. Subsequently it was a bakery and an antiques shop, before it became the property of The National Trust in 1934. Extensive restoration in 1976 first revealed the Kentish-style timber framing. Casement windows, stair and slate roof all belong to this period. One of the oldest securely dated houses in Wales.

Taken in: UK / Wales / Conwy / Conwy (show map)

Taken on: July 4, 2024

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Camera: Canon EOS R, f/5.6, 1/180 sec, 16mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

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