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
16/11/1962
Date of Amendment
24/11/1987
Name of Property
Greengrocer's Shop
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Location
Set into the slope at the bottom of the street, detached to the right and including the former Old Bank Buildings forward to the left; formerly a brewery.
History
Late C17 origins with later alterations to right, C19 to left.
Exterior
2 storey and attic 3-window rendered main front with victorian 3-storey, 3-window roughcast front forward to left. Steep slate roofs with end brick chimney stacks. Pitched roof dormers to main front with cills below eaves level; 16-pane sash windows below and tripartite gothick shop window to right with pilasters and cornice. Central flat roof with parapet, blind side windows and panels flanking recessed double doors with arched heads. Horned sash windows to advanced range; segmental coaching entrance to right end leading to rear; blocked doorway beside shop front has double panel door. Pointed window openings with sash glazing to 2-window pebbledash left end overlooking parish churchyard.
The main block has a contemporary cross range to right rear with blank gable end and parallel range to left with lateral chimney breast, altered to ground floor.
Interior
The interior to the main range retains a substantial amount of original detail; dog-leg staircase with moulded handrail and boarded doors etc.
Reason for designation
Group value with other listed items in the High Street.
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