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.
Date of Designation
14/02/1994
Date of Amendment
14/02/1994
Name of Property
44-46 Queen Street
Address
44-46 Queen Street
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Location
Part of a continuous terrace, close to the N corner with Sussex Street.
History
Built as a pair of houses c1850 as part of the early development of Rhyl as a new town, and adapted for use as shops in the latter C19 (c1870-80).
Exterior
Rendered, with applied decoration as quoins and architraves, and concrete tiled roof, with wall stacks. Three-storey, 4-window range. Each building has entrance to upstairs accommodation to the left, and shop front to the right. Entrance and shop front to Nos 40-42 renewed, but Nos 44-46 retains an original doorway, up steps and in moulded architrave and a late C19 shop front with deep central entrance lobby. Shop windows return to either side of the entrance and continues inside the building, enclosing display areas. High bracketed fascia. Twelve-pane sash windows to first floor, the right-hand windows canted oriel bays with fluted columns. Continues sill bands. Similar windows to upper storey, the 12-pane sashes replaced in original openings in Nos 40-42.
Reason for designation
The building is a good surviving example of the style characteristic of Rhyl’s urban development, and includes a good late C19 shop front and interior.
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