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
20/07/2000
Date of Amendment
19/02/2001
Name of Property
16 Bull Lane
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Locality
Denbigh - Castle
Location
Set back behind a small rubble-walled forecourt, half way up the steep lane.
Exterior
Belongs to a group of 3.
Nos 14-16 Bull Lane.
Early C19 terrace of 3 two-storey cottages. Largely limestone rubble construction with some brick, the stone no doubt plundered from the nearby ruins of the castle or Leicester's Church; continuous slate roof with 3 plain brick chimneys (no 15 has a modern skylight to the front roof pitch). Each unit has an entrance with open wooden pediment and thin supporting engaged columns; original 6-panel doors with 3-pane rectangular overlights. To the L of the entrance each unit has a 12-pane sash, with a 9-pane sash to the first floor above (those to no 14 modern replacements). Windows to no 16 replaced with top-hung casements. Two further 9-pane sashes to the first-floor gable end of no 16.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as an early C19 row of small urban cottages retaining good original external character.
Group Description
Nos 14-16 Bull Lane
Early C19 terrace of 3 two-storey cottages. Laregely limestone rubble construction with some brick, the stone no doubt plundered from the nearby ruins of the castle or Leicester's Church; continuous slate roof with 3 plain brick chimneys (no 15 has a modern skylight to the front roof pitch). Each unit has an entrance with open wooden pediment and thin supporting engaged columns; original 6-panel doors with 3-pane rectangular overlights. To the L of the entrance each unit has a 12-pane sash, with a 9-pane sash to the first floor above (those to no 14 modern replacements). Windows to no 16 replaced with top-hung casements. Two further 9-pane sashes to the first-floor gable end of no 16.
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