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
1030
Building Number
53
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
24/10/1950
Date of Amendment
20/07/2000
Name of Property
53 Vale Street
Address
53 Vale Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Denbigh
Town
Locality
Denbigh - Town
Easting
305448
Northing
366256
Street Side
SW
Location
Set back slightly from the road behind a narrow, low-walled forecourt, and forming part of a flush terrace.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Late C18 town house with later and C20 alterations.
Exterior
Compact three-storey Georgian townhouse forming part of a terrace. Of brown brick construction (Flemish bond) with cambered window heads and projecting stone sills; slate roof with 2 brick chimneys, that to the L reduced. Symmetrical 3-bay facade with further bay to the far L with passage leading to the rear. Central entrance with moulded wooden doorcase and lintel canopy carried on consoles; Victorian 6-panel door with plain rectangular overlight (formerly recorded with good fanlight). The windows, formerly with small-pane glazing, now have plain sashes. The left-hand passage has an entrance with cambered head and modern iron half-gate.
Interior
Interior not inspected at the time of survey.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as a late C18 town house retaining good external character.
Group value with other listed items in Vale Street; one of a number of fine town houses in this street, historically regarded as the gentry and professional quarter of the town.
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