Llety'r Dryw is a house in Abergele Road,
Colwyn Bay,
Conwy,
Wales. It is a Grade II
listed building. It was built in 1893 for John Eden (uncle of
Anthony Eden
Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon, (12 June 1897 – 14 January 1977) was a British Conservative Party politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1955 until his resignation in 1957.
Achieving rapid promo ...
) and designed by the
Chester
Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Dee, close to the English–Welsh border. With a population of 79,645 in 2011,"2011 Census results: People and Population Profile: Chester Loca ...
firm of architects,
Douglas and Fordham. About 1960 it came into the possession of
Denbighshire County Council and was used as the Fire Brigade Headquarters; then, in about 1990 it was taken over by the
North Wales Police Authority.
The house has been described as a "simple stone-built villa", which has been "inspired by 17th-century
vernacular work of Northern England".
The listing description says it is a "freely interpreted neo-vernacular house of considerable architectural quality".
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It is built in random rubble, with red sandstone dressings; it has a ]slate
Slate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade regional metamorphism. It is the finest grained foliated metamorphic rock. ...
roof with a crest of red tiles, and brick chimneystacks with stone caps. It consists of a main range, with cross wings having coped and finial
A finial (from '' la, finis'', end) or hip-knob is an element marking the top or end of some object, often formed to be a decorative feature.
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ed gables, and a service extension behind. Much of the original joinery remains in the interior of the house.[
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See also
*List of houses and associated buildings by John Douglas
John Douglas (1830–1911) was an English architect based in Chester, Cheshire. His designs included new churches, alterations to and restoration of existing churches, church furnishings, new houses and alterations to existing houses, and a var ...
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Colwyn Bay
Grade II listed buildings in Conwy County Borough
Houses in Conwy County Borough
Grade II listed houses
Houses completed in 1893
John Douglas buildings