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Terrace of houses, Llansannan.

Late C18 or early C19 terrace of cottages, possibly built for quarrymen, located in the heart of the village of Llansannan. The houses along the range have differing masonry construction, and many retain the early fenestration to front and rear. All the houses along the terrace, with the sole exeption of the Surgery, have gardens to the front; low rubble walls with bevelled capping, surmounted by railings, paired and joined (with rounded head) alternating with vertical rails with fleur de lys finials. The gates have alternate tall and short vertical rails with fleur de lys finials, plain foot and lock stiles, with shaped wrought iron swirls over the top rail. Gateposts are square rubble piers with pyramidal caps. To the front of the Surgery is a paved area with a railed enclosure for the First World War memorial. To the rear of the range the cottages have a number of unremarkable modern lean-to and flat-roofed additions.

Mid terraced house the largest house along the terrace and now divided into two separate dwellings; built of local rubble masonry laid roughly to courses; slate roof, both houses share the stacks of the adjacent properties (Min y Ffrwd to the left (W) and Surgery to the right). The house to the right (W) is a 2-window range with the doorway offset to the left (W). First floor windows are set directly under the eaves, that to the left, above the door, is a 24-pane casement, that the right (and the window below) 12-pane horizontally sliding sashes. The house to the left (W) has a single 6-pane horned sash window to each floor, the doorway offset to the right (E); slate lintels and stone sills.