The Government Buildings occupy the site where the Town Hall once stood. That building was opened in 1904, with the town’s fire station next door. In 1964 the Council moved to Glan y Don Hall in Old … [Read more...]
[:en]Colwyn Bay is rich in Victorian and Edwardian architecture.[:cy]Mae Bae Colwyn yn llawn o adeiladau Fictoraidd ac Edwardaidd eu pensaerniaeth.
Matthews Hardware Store
On Conway Road opposite the HSBC bank and above Matthews Hardware store was another of the town’ s cinemas. Originally called the Colwyn Bay Cinema, it later became the Cosy and by 1937 was owned by … [Read more...]
HSBC Bank
As the plaque on the wall fronting Conway Road indicates, this was originally the North and South Wales Bank Ltd. Part of a terrace built in about 1880, it was remodelled in 1903-4 by the architects, … [Read more...]
The Library
The Coronation Free Library opened in April 1905; it was built to commemorate the coronation of King Edward VII on August 9th 1902. The initiative came from a town meeting on April 11th 1902. The … [Read more...]
Sea View Road
On the left of Sea View Road is the Bay View Shopping Centre, which opened in 1987 on the site of the former railway sidings and amusement park. The opening of the Colwyn Bay section of the A55 … [Read more...]
Railway Station
The Chester / Bangor railway opened for passengers in 1848 and the original station for the town was in Old Colwyn. By making the area easily accessible to the growing urban populations of north west … [Read more...]
Electricity Sub Station
When hamlet of Colwyn Bay was first formed beside its railway station, its affairs were managed from Conwy as part of Conwy Rural District. By 1887 it was sufficiently developed to justify its own … [Read more...]
Roumania House
Note the attractive brickwork above the shop front of Roumania House. … [Read more...]
Queens Buildings
This terrace of commercial properties, designed by Booth, Chadwick and Porter, the principal architects to the Pwllycrochan Estate Company, and built in 1887, is a good example of the major phase of … [Read more...]
Andrew Fraser Memorial Clock
This unique memorial clock was presented to Colwyn Bay town in 1989 by the parents of Andrew Fraser - in memory of their son Andrew who was born in the town and who died in Brussels in1950 at age 33. … [Read more...]
Rydal Penrhos School
Rydal School for boys was founded in 1885 by the leading Methodist educationalist T.G.Osborn. In 1995 it merged with the nearby girl’s school, Penrhos College. The school has had a longstanding … [Read more...]
