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
1466
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
16/11/1962  
Date of Amendment
24/11/1987  
Name of Property
Glasgow House including County Cleaners, Halifax Building Society & Shoe Repairs  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Denbighshire  
Community
St. Asaph  
Town
 
Locality
 
Easting
303787  
Northing
374311  
Street Side
 
Location
Set into the slope near the bottom of the street, detached to left.  

Description


Broad Class
Commercial  
Period
 

History
Bishop Isaac Barrow founded the almshouses in 1680 for 8 poor widows appointed alternately by Bishop and Dean and families of Cefn and Llannerch; rebuilt by Bishop Lewis Bagot in 1795; converted into a public house and restaurant in recent years.  

Exterior
U-plan structure; single storey whitewashed brick symmetrical 6-window front with stepped plinth and dentil cornice. Central tall open pedimented doorcase with double boarded doors. Hipped slate roof and red brick chimney stack with later capping. 12-pane sash windows with cambered voussoir heads. Whitewashed brick rear with modern alterations. Small courtyard has relocated cast-iron lamp-post and is bounded by a revetment wall heightened in brick with the grounds of the old palace above.  

Interior
The interior retains fireplaces and Victorian ranges.  

Reason for designation
Group value with other listed items in the High Street.  

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