Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Commerce House
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
- 52.98068, -3.37542
- Cadw reference
- 15525
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
History
A row of shops with accommodation above. Circa 1830, the present shop fronts later C19.
Exterior
Render with partially hipped slate roof with bold overhang and prominent stone axial stacks. 3 storeys, 5-window range. 16-pane sash windows deeply recessed, with plain sills. Paired shop fronts with floor-level windows splayed to either side of recessed entrances; continuous fascia with moulded cornice. Passage entries to either side with panelled doors and lozenge-glazed overlight to right hand doorway, the left hand entrance blocked.
Reason for designation
Listed as a fine example of an early C19 terrace of shops and accommodation, built on an urban scale and thus indicative of the prosperity of Corwen in the early C19. The later shop fronts are also good examples of their type.
Nearby in the register
- Commerce HouseCommercialunder 1 mi
- Gates and Railings at Capel SeionReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- The TerreceDomesticunder 1 mi
- The TerreceDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.