Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
No.1 (Sylvan)
Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llangollen, Denbighshire, designated on 22 December 1989.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 22 December 1989
- Community
- Llangollen
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.96894, -3.16943
- Cadw reference
- 1199
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Historical maps covering this location
- 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)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 121 Wrexham (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 121 Wrexham (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Set back near the corner with Chapel Street, at a splayed angle to the road. No 15 Chapel Street forward to left creating iron forecourt to No 1.
History
Probably late C17/early C18 origins with early C19 heightening and rewindowing; some later alterations.
Exterior
2-storey 3-window painted roughcast front with slate roof, wide boarded eaves and central red brick chimney stack creating a lobby-entry plan to No 1. 2-windows to No 1, 1-window to No 2. The former has small pane casements to 1st floor (?later C19); almost flush frame 16 pane sashes to ground floor, also to 1st floor of No 2 altough this is recessed and has louvred shutters. No 1 has an off-centre bracket pedimented doorcase with 6-panel double doors. Modern splayed bay window to No 2 and modern glazed door to far right.
Higher cross range to rear of No 2.
Nearby in the register
- Blue Bay LaunderetteCommercialunder 1 mi
- 9 Chapel StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- Pillar Box on the corner with Chapel St & Berwyn StCommunicationsunder 1 mi
- Reynard'sCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.