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
1037
Building Number
22
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
02/02/1981
Date of Amendment
20/07/2000
Name of Property
Former County Court (and latterly Job Centre)
Address
22 Vale Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Denbigh
Town
Locality
Denbigh - Town
Easting
305378
Northing
366181
Street Side
SE
Location
Set back slightly from the street line behind a low stone wall (reduced since last survey - 1981)
Description
Broad Class
Civil
Period
History
Mid-Victorian municipal building erected as the county courthouse c1860.
Exterior
Two-storey building in simple Victorian classical style, with limestone ashlar upper floor and rusticated ground floor; plain string course between. Slate roof with projecting eaves and stone end chimney to the L. The facade is symmetrical and is of 3 bays with a central entrance. This has a round arched doorway and a part-glazed modern door (altered since last inspection - 1981), with plain segmental fan. Flanking the entrance on both floors are tripartite windows with slab mullions; these have sash windows to the central sections (6-pane to first floor and plain to the ground), with narrow flanking sections. Further 6-pane sash above the entrance.
Interior
The interior was not inspected during the survey.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as a third-quarter C19 former court house, retaining good original external character.
Group value with other listed items in Vale Street.
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