Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Gem Newsagents
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
- 53.18336, -3.42157
- Cadw reference
- 23611
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
Occupying a corner site between Portland Place and the Swine Market.
History
First-half C19 shop complex with late Victorian shopfront.
Exterior
Low 2-storey corner building with elevation angled in 3 planes. Rendered brick (?) construction with shallow-pitched, hipped slate roof. The central part of the facade has a late C19 shop front with corbelled and dentilated cornice and panelled pilasters. Entrance to the L with part-glazed door. The right-hand section has a plain C20 shop front with part-glazed entrance to the R. C19 twelve-pane unhorned sashes to the upper floor, one above each shop front, with a small blind recess beyond that to the L.
Interior
Plain modern shop interior to ground floor.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as an early C19 small-scale commercial building retaining good original external character, including a good late C19 shop front.
Group value with other listed items in Portland Place.
Nearby in the register
- Nos 15 & 17 Portland Place (partly the premises of 'Poppies')Domesticunder 1 mi
- The Plough PHCommercialunder 1 mi
- Bronyffynnon aka Hen CartrefDomesticunder 1 mi
- Denbigh Conservative Club (Former Constitutional Club)Institutionalunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.