Nos 417, 419, 421, 423 & 425 Abergele Road and No 1 Princess Road

Nos 399-425 Abergele Road with 1 Princess Road, Old Colwyn.

The group comprises a large building on the corner of Princess Road (Nos 417-425) which was probably the first to be built, probably originally as a single shop with accommodation. A terrace of 6 shops with accommodation over now subdivided as 2 shops and accommodation. A terrace of 6 shops with accommodation adjoins it, stepped down and sloping site. Rock-faced coursed and squared rubble with ashlar dressings throughout, slate roofs with red tiled cresting. Nos 417-425 have stone axial stacks, the adjoining terrace has brick end wall stacks.

Nos 417-425: 3 storeyed, 2 window range to Abergele Road, and 3-window return to Princess Road with a shop front occupying ground floor of Abergele Road, and 2 bays of return elevation. This has canted angle, and windows with slim columns as mullions, and narrow upper panes. Cast iron columns supporting the roof, and ornamental gable at angle. This filled with delicate and ornate pierced cast-iron panel, and is surmounted by a finial. Advanced gables at outer oriel above shop front on Abergele road. Wide doorway in porch, with sash windows divided by slim stone mullions in the upper storeys. Similar squared bay windows, the sashes divided by stone mullions in oriel gable to Abergele Road. Wider gable to left of Princess Road elevation has canted oriel window with sashes to first floor, and 2-pane sash window above. A narrow central bay has paired sashes to groundfloor and 2-pane sash window on upper storeys, the top window breaking through the eaves line as a gabled dormer. Abergele Road elevation has similar canted oriel window and 2-pane sash window above, beneath wide dormer gable. Gables throughout have fretted bargeboards.