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
1046
Building Number
60
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
02/02/1981
Date of Amendment
20/07/2000
Name of Property
Gallt-y-Coed
Address
60 Vale Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Denbigh
Town
Locality
Denbigh - Town
Easting
305528
Northing
366281
Street Side
NE
Location
Set back slightly from the street line behind a low rendered forecourt wall with surmounting modern railings.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Late C18 townhouse with minor late C19 alterations.
Exterior
Elegant 3-storey Georgian house with symmetrical 3-bay facade of squared and coursed limestone blocks; slate roof with brick end chimney to the L. Central entrance with moulded wooden doorcase with simple cornice and plain pilasters; 6-panel door, the upper panels fielded, with plain rectangular overlight. Twelve-pane unhorned sash windows to the ground and first floors, except to the outer windows of the latter which have had their glazing bars removed. Nine-pane unhorned sashes to the second floor; flat arches and projecting stone sills throughout.
Interior
Interior not inspected at the time of survey.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as a late C18 town house retaining particularly good external character with only minimal alteration.
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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