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Ilkeston Cam on Holiday
w/e 07 September 2025
All of this week's pictures were taken with a Nikon D3300
Part 06 - Conwy Buildings
Of course the most impressive building in Conwy that dominates
the town is the Castle but having crossed the bridges we left
that behind and continued into the town on the morning of our
third day in North Wales.
  We
had already passed St John's Methodist Church (left) which was
built in 1901 on Rose Hill Street and the adjacent St Mary's
Anglican Church Hall (right) which pre-dates St John's by 14
years on our way to the bridges. In the town we would also see
some more buildings with an even older history. To start, our
walk took us along Castle Street (above).
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At the end of Castle Street we turned into High Street. On the
left hand corner stands the fourteenth century timber
framed house, Aberconwy House. Our attention at this point in
the morning though was drawn to The Galleon opposite where we
would return later for lunch. Well you can't come to the seaside
and not enjoy some locally caught fish with chips can you?
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At the far end of High Street is Lancaster Square which is overlooked
by a building from the 1860s. Still embedded in the facade are
the words "Police Station" but it closed its doors
as an operational building in 2022 after 162 years. Having stood
empty since 2022, the latest news as of August 2025 is that plans
have been approved to transform the Grade II listed building
into a 19-unit aparthotel and a café or retail space.
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Also in Lancaster Square is the bronze Statue of Llywelyn the
Great standing above a fountain. This was created by E O Griffith
of Liverpool in 1898 and was erected to commemorate the town's
water supply based on Llyn Cowlyd reservoir. Llewelyn is said
to have founded Aberconwy Abbey in 1186 whilst still a child.
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As it was mid morning and too early for lunch, we enjoyed a coffee
in a cafe overlooking Lancaster Square before returning down
High Street where we passed the Old Mansion House. This building
dates from the 16th century and on historypoints.org
local historian Margaret Williams, who lived in the house, records
that "the property was once the Plas Mawr dower house (where
the widow of Plas Mawr’s previous owner would have lived
when the next generation took over)."
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Plas Mawr (Great Hall) stands next to the Old Mansion House and
again with thanks to historypoints.org
"is one of the UK’s finest surviving Elizabethan town
houses" which was "built from 1576 onwards for Robert
Wynn (c.1520-1598)." There's much more about Plas Mawr on
the cadw.gov.wales
website.
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By the time we had reached Castle Street again, hunger was setting
in so after our fish and chip lunch at The Galleon, we continued
across Castle Street and along the remainder of High Street to
pass through the mediaeval Town Wall via the Lower Gate Street
Arch.
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Now outside the Town Walls, we walked along the quay towards
another of Conwy's major attractions.
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That attraction of course is the Smallest House in Great Britain,
a former fisherman's residence containing just two rooms, one
upstairs and one down. It measures just six feet across (1.8m)
and is now open to the public for a small (obviously) fee.
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It's a well known fact that previous generations were smaller
in stature that those of today but having entered the house on
a previous visit to Conwy 25 years ago, I can testify that the
house is indeed tiny. Back then we were greeted at the door by
a lady in traditional Welsh costume offering a selection of souvenirs
for sale and although the lady is different, the same tradition
continues today.
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Shortly after our visit to the Smallest House, we left Conwy
and saw out the afternoon with a ride to Colwyn Bay (above) for
an ice cream on the windy seafront before returning via the coast
road through Rhos-On-Sea and Llandudno to our holiday home in
Dwygyfylchi.
To be continued.
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