Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Former County Court (and latterly Job Centre)
Denbigh, Denbighshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Denbigh - Town, Denbigh, Denbighshire, designated on 2 February 1981.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Civil
- Date of designation
- 2 February 1981
- Locality
- Denbigh - Town
- Community
- Denbigh
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.18428, -3.41744
- Cadw reference
- 1037
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Set back slightly from the street line behind a low stone wall (reduced since last survey - 1981)
History
Mid-Victorian municipal building erected as the county courthouse c1860.
Exterior
Two-storey building in simple Victorian classical style, with limestone ashlar upper floor and rusticated ground floor; plain string course between. Slate roof with projecting eaves and stone end chimney to the L. The facade is symmetrical and is of 3 bays with a central entrance. This has a round arched doorway and a part-glazed modern door (altered since last inspection - 1981), with plain segmental fan. Flanking the entrance on both floors are tripartite windows with slab mullions; these have sash windows to the central sections (6-pane to first floor and plain to the ground), with narrow flanking sections. Further 6-pane sash above the entrance.
Interior
The interior was not inspected during the survey.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as a third-quarter C19 former court house, retaining good original external character.
Group value with other listed items in Vale Street.
Nearby in the register
- E C Snaith and Sons (Tailors)Commercialunder 1 mi
- 24 Vale StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- National Westminster Bank, including associated decorative railingsCommercialunder 1 mi
- Numark PharmacyCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.