Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
20/07/2000
Date of Amendment
20/07/2000
Name of Property
World Choice Travel
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Location
Prominently sited on the corner with Vale Street.
History
Accomplished late C19 commercial block of 2 sections. This represents the only known shop premises designed by Richard Lloyd Williams, architect of Denbigh. It was built for Clwyd Pierce in 1887 as a delicatessen with shop and incorporated warehouse. The brick and terracotta work was provided by J C Edwards of Ruabon and the builder was J Simon Roberts of Plough Inn, Denbigh; the shop fittings are recorded as having been by J Parnell and Sons of Bristol.
Interior
The interior was not inspected at the time of survey.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as a fine example of late C19 commercial architecture in favoured Flemish mercantile Gothic idiom, with good terracotta detailing.
Group value with other listed items in Crown Square and Vale Street.
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