Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Arosfa
Denbigh, Denbighshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 20 July 2000
- Locality
- Denbigh - Town
- Community
- Denbigh
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.18552, -3.41443
- Cadw reference
- 23631
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
Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Set back from the road behind a low stone forecourt wall.
History
Pair of late Victorian or Edwardian 2-storey houses showing Arts and Crafts influence.
Exterior
Belongs to a group of 2.
Nos 78 and 80 Vale Street.
Constructed of snecked limestone blocks with continuous graded slate roof and brick chimneys with dentilated upper sections, lateral to no. 78, central to no.80. Each unit has an entrance with boarded door, having a glazed upper section and a canopy porch supported on brackets. To the R of this is a storeyed, canted bay window with slate-hanging to the centre and with bracketed, projecting gable, similarly slate-hung; 12-pane central sashes and 8-pane outer sashes, all horned. The left-hand unit, no.80, has an additional 12-pane sash above the entrance on the first floor. This breaks the eaves and is contained within a low hipped dormer. To the far L, beyond this, is an arched entrance with boarded door, giving access to a through-passage to the rear.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as one of a pair of well-conceived Arts and Crafts houses with fine detailing good, unaltered exteriors.
Group value with other listed items in Vale Street.
Nearby in the register
- GarthDomesticunder 1 mi
- MinfforddDomesticunder 1 mi
- 76 Vale Street, inc forecourt wallsDomesticunder 1 mi
- 74 Vale Street, inc forecourt walls and railingsDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.