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
1262
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
22/12/1989
Date of Amendment
22/12/1989
Name of Property
Armstrong Towers
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Llangollen
Town
Locality
Pen-y-Coed
Easting
322302
Northing
341932
Street Side
Location
Set in the slope forward to the street.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
C18 origins; refronted and extended to rear in early to mid C19. The House name is modern.
Exterior
2-storey 3-window symmetrical front of unusual picturesque Gothick design; painted roughcast with plinth and painted end pilasters. Slate roof and cement render end chimney stacks; eaves band. Broad small pane sash windows in acutely pointed openings; to the 1st floor the heads of the upper sashes have diamond glazing and kite shaped tracery - same design to the fanlights over ground floor windows. 16-pane sash to centre over gabled porch with glazed door. Low flat roof extension to left. 3-window rear with flat roof dormers, 9-pane 1st floor sashes and ground floor splayed bays and porch.
Interior
The interior has some inserted ceiling beams to hall and simple C19 staircase; no Gothick detail.
Reason for designation
Group value with The Hollies Cottage and Nos 5 and 6.
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