Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Central Hotel
Corwen, Denbighshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Corwen, Denbighshire, designated on 1 February 1995.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 1 February 1995
- Locality
- Corwen
- Community
- Corwen
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.98097, -3.37365
- Cadw reference
- 15520
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)
- 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)
- 1898 · 120 Corwen (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Adjoins the Harp Hotel at the W end of the broad section of the High Street.
Exterior
Early C19, with extensions of c1900 to the rear. Painted coursed and squared stone and slate roof with brick gable end stacks. 3 storeys, 3-window range. Inserted shop front to ground floor, 16-pane sash windows with voussoir heads to upper floors: 2 windows to first floor, 3 unequally spaced windows to upper storey.
Reason for designation
Included as part of a key group of commercial buildings in the centre of the town.
Nearby in the register
- London HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Harp HotelCommercialunder 1 mi
- National Westminster BankCommercialunder 1 mi
- Waterloo HouseCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.