Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
1001
Building Number
24
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
02/02/1981
Date of Amendment
20/07/2000
Name of Property
B Wise
Address
24 High Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Denbigh
Town
Locality
Denbigh - Town
Easting
305272
Northing
366077
Street Side
Location
On the street-line.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Mid C19 shop premises with Victorian-Palladian facade of simple elegance, c1840; modernised ground floor. The building occupies an important burgage plot in the principal street of the town.
Exterior
Three-storey building of brick construction with slated roof and simple end chimneys. Symmetrical 3-bay facade with scribed stucco to the upper floors. Simple C20 shop window with recessed central entrance and further entrance recessed to the L; this has a 4-panel door with rectangular overlight. The shop-front has flanking Victorian panelled pilasters with large surmounting consoles and plain fascia. The upper floors retain their original glazing: the first floor has three 12-pane unhorned sashes with moulded plaster surrounds and moulded labels supported on scrolled brackets; the second floor has three 9-pane sashes with similar moulded surrounds. The facade is flanked by narrow flat pilasters which carry a moulded, oversailing cornice.
Interior
The interior was not inspected at the time of survey.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as a mid C19 shop premises retaining good Victorian external character, occupying an important former burgage plot in the centre of the town.
Group value with other listed items in High Street.
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