Features of
House names at the bottom of this page.
Every few buildings in Gwydir Street were built by a different builder (see history of Gwydir Street). This means that instead of all the buildings being the same, there are lots of different small features. If you get a chance to walk down Gwydir Street, see if you can spot where these are!
The clock on the left should be easy to find.
It's a well known landmark of Gwydir Street.
Many windows have motifs over them, usually fleur de lis, but they can be subtly different from each other.
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Door scrapers remind us of the times when the streets must have been muddy! |
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Most of Gwydir Street was built in plain brick, although some of them have since been rendered in various ways. There are a few patterns in red brick. |
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The Victorians loved ornament and even such simple worker cottages as Gwydir Street have a wide variety of lintels and arches above the doors and windows.
Nearly all of Gwydir Street is Victorian, but sometimes the modern buildings have made a good effort to fit in.
On the left is an attractive arch above a door, copying Victorian designs. This house was built in the last few years.
House names
A few of the houses in Gwydir Street have names marked on the houses:
| 3 | Percy Cottage |
| 42 | Weybridge (?) Cottage |
| 133 | Read Cottages |
| 137 | Fitzroy Cottage |
| 142 | Norton Cottage |
| 153 | Straford Terrace |
| 154 | Belmont House |
| 155 | Exton Cottage |
| 156 | Thorpe House |
| 167 | Bahia Cottage |
| 175 | Leicester Cottage |
| 177 | Gwydir Cottage |
| 182 | Templar Villa |
| 184 | Gothic House |
The name at No. 42 is hard to read. If I have that, or any other name, wrong, or have left any out, let me know at [email protected]
Here are some possible former names:
| 26 | Alpha Cottage |
| 40 | Hope Cottage |
| 153 or 155 | Exeter Cottage
(instead of Straford Terrace or Exton Cottage) |
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