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
1005
Building Number
40-42
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
24/10/1950
Date of Amendment
20/07/2000
Name of Property
The Old Vaults PH
Address
40-42 High Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Denbigh
Town
Locality
Denbigh - Town
Easting
305205
Northing
366064
Street Side
S
Location
On the street-line.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Second quarter or mid C18 building with earlier origins. The elegant brick facade was dismantled and rebuilt c1950 due to structural necessity. The building occupies an important burgage plot in the principal street of the town.
Exterior
Tall and elegant building with parapetted, 4-storey symmetrical facade and long pitched-roofed range to the rear. Red/brown brick construction with stone quoins and stone-coped parapet, returned approximately 2m onto the sides; slate roofs. The ground floor is recessed behind a colonnade of 4 stone Tuscan columns which support the upper storeys; these have tall square plinths; modern small-pane windows with bar entrance to L. Flush 12-pane horned sashes to the 4-bay facade, with segmental brick heads and projecting keystones; projecting stone sills.
The L (east-facing) side faces the narrow Broomhill Lane. This elevation retains 4 original unhorned 12-pane sashes to the first floor, with 2 entrances to the ground floor, that to the L within a whitened brick section with recently-altered entrance; modern panelled door. Modern casement windows to the second floor. Various sash windows to the ground floor, including one currently boarded to the whitened section at time of survey.
Interior
The interior was not inspected at the time of survey.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as an imposing C18 building with earlier origins in a prominent position in the town centre, occupying an important burgage plot in the principal street of the town.
Group value with other listed items in High Street.
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