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
24/11/1987
Date of Amendment
24/11/1987
Name of Property
Lodge & Gatepiers at driveway to the Old Palace
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Location
At right angles to the bottom of the street with the main drive to left and Great yard to right.
History
Probably late C18 brick wall extends to rear with stone coping forming boundary wall to Old Palace, curves around at far end beyond and then broken by modern wall.
Exterior
Single storey and attic brick (English Garden wall bond) lodge probably contemporary with 1791 Old Palace with later squared rubble gable-ended front probably contemporary with 1830-1 enlargement. Gable parapet and plinth; slate roof, brick chimney stack heightened in Blore style with twin stone flues. Small-pane sash windows paired to ground floor with sandstone dressings and Tudor hoodmoulds. Rubble plinth to right side with sash and casement windows. Swept roof dormer to left side with casement windows; small pane fixed glazed window below with dressed surround beside pointed arch entrance and boarded door. Brick rear gable end with casement windows and modern extension.
Gate piers to gated drive and Great Yard linked to lodge by narrow sections of brick wall with stone coping. C19 stone piers with finials to left, brick wall extends beyond and curves forward along high street terminating at entrance to garden centre. Plain pointed top gate piers to right and cobbled drive to barn and stables.
Reason for designation
Group value with the Old Palace and listed outbuildings.
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