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Denbigh, Denbighshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Denbigh - Town, Denbigh, Denbighshire, designated on 20 July 2000.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 20 July 2000
- Locality
- Denbigh - Town
- Community
- Denbigh
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.18373, -3.41902
- Cadw reference
- 23594
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
Prominently sited on the corner with Vale Street.
History
Accomplished late C19 commercial block of 2 sections. This represents the only known shop premises designed by Richard Lloyd Williams, architect of Denbigh. It was built for Clwyd Pierce in 1887 as a delicatessen with shop and incorporated warehouse. The brick and terracotta work was provided by J C Edwards of Ruabon and the builder was J Simon Roberts of Plough Inn, Denbigh; the shop fittings are recorded as having been by J Parnell and Sons of Bristol.
Interior
The interior was not inspected at the time of survey.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as a fine example of late C19 commercial architecture in favoured Flemish mercantile Gothic idiom, with good terracotta detailing.
Group value with other listed items in Crown Square and Vale Street.
Nearby in the register
- Ray Cronin (Newsagents)Commercialunder 1 mi
- War MemorialCommemorativeunder 1 mi
- Shagor Tandoori TakeawayCommercialunder 1 mi
- Crown HotelCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.