Abergele Conservation Area Appraisal

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5.9 In the churchyard there is a monument in Aberdeen granite to mark the enclosure in which lie buried the 33 people who were burned to death in the rail disaster near Llanddulas in August 1868. Nearby are also buried 7 bodies of the 178 people who perished when the emigrant ship “Ocean Monarch” caught fire in August 1848. 5.10 Guide books promoted Abergele as a place to visit, but Rhyl, Colwyn Bay and Llandudno established themselves as the main resorts along this part of the coast. 5.11 In 1966 the opening of the Abergele By-Pass relieved the town of the growing volumes of traffic. This was one of the first sections of the A55 dual carriageway. 5.12 In more recent times the former market site has been redeveloped with the new Tesco supermarkets. 6. TOPOGRAPHY & GEOLOGY 6.1 Abergele lies on generally level ground, Market Street and Bridge Street are level for example. There are some changes in level, notably the slight rise up from Dundonald Avenue to Water Street and the rise up Chapel Street on its way to the south of the town. These changes contribute to the character and appearance of the town and the views enjoyed within and out. 6.2 The town is sheltered from the south by the well wooded hills which lie behind the built up area. As with Colwyn Bay, these hills form a very pleasing back cloth to and setting for the town and form an important and pleasing landscape feature. As the woods are principally deciduous they provide variation throughout the seasons. 6.3 The hills form part of the belt of carboniferous limestone which extends from Denbigh in a northwesterly direction, through St George and continuing to Llanddulas. This prominent mass of limestone is broken by the valleys of the Dulas, and less dramatically, by the Gele. 6.4 The River Gele flows north to the sea, but for much of its length it does not figure very prominently in the town, except for its passage through the Recreation Ground (King Georges Field) where it adds much to one's enjoyment of this public open space. 6.5 The proximity of this limestone has had a marked effect on the appearance of Abergele. Several buildings and many boundary walls are built from this light grey stone and it is fortunate that this quality material is close to hand. 6.6 The views of these wooded hills are an added attraction. 5 ABERGELE CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL
7. STREET PATTERN 7.1 The main street in the Conservation Area is Market Street which runs in an east-west direction and continues as Bridge Street and further on as Rhuddlan Road. The other main roads; Water Street and Chapel Street approaches Abergele from the south and Water Street and Dundonald Avenue links the town with Pensarn, the beach and railway station. 7.2 Sea Road marks the western boundary of the Conservation Area. There are a number of minor roads to the north of the town centre, such as Church Street, Castle Place, Pleasant Place and Groes Lwyd. 7.3 In the southern part of the town there a several narrow streets, such as New Street and Gele Avenue. 7.4 Changes have taken place recently to the road layout at the entrance to the new Tesco. 7.5 Reference should be made to the gently curving nature of some of the roads. Examples may be found on Market Street, Water Street, Dundonald Avenue, Chapel Street and Groes Lwyd. These subtle changes of road alignment lead to interesting views which open out as one travels along them. More detailed descriptions are given later in Section. 8. BUILDING TYPE 8.1 As one would expect there is a wide range of building types. Much of the Conservation Area is occupied by residential property (terraces, semidetached and detached houses). 8.2 Other types of property include businesses along Market Street, Bridge Street and Chapel Street (shops, offices, banks, café's, post office, estate agents and the like) public houses and so on. 8.3 Community buildings, such as the community centre, library on Market Street, nursing homes and the like 8.4 There are a number of churches and chapels. 9. BUILDING MATERIALS 9.1 There is a wide range of building materials in the Conservation Area. This mix of materials and the ways in which they have been used has resulted in a street scene of interest and variety. 9.2 Roofs are generally of slate, although there are a few tiled roofs, notably on the buildings on the south side of Market Street to the east of Chapel Street. A few buildings have decorative ridge tiles and finials. Shaped Slates are uncommon, but some are to be found on Eglwys Mynydd Seion on Chapel Street. A particularly notable roof is the polychromatic patterned slate roof on the ABERGELE CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL 6
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