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
23597
Building Number
28
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
20/07/2000
Date of Amendment
20/07/2000
Name of Property
Crown Carpets
Address
28 High Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Denbigh
Town
Locality
Denbigh - Town
Easting
305249
Northing
366070
Street Side
S
Location
On the street line.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Early C20 house and shop development in restrained Arts and Crafts style; projecting modern shop front to the ground floor. The building occupies an important burgage plot in the principal street of the town.
Exterior
Two-and-a-half storey building with rendered elevation and steeply-pitched tiled roof; tall brick end chimney to the L with moulded capping. The ground-floor shop section is advanced onto the street line and is entirely modern. The recessed main section has a symmetrical facade with an advanced wide central bay terminating in an attic gable. The first floor has a large 8-light wooden mullioned and transomed window with small-pane glazing. The central 6 lights form a canted bay to the central projecting section and the remaining, outer lights are returned onto the elevation to either side. Above this is a heavy moulded plaster stringcourse. The gable has a 4-light mullioned window, glazed as before, with moulded label and sill and decorative plaster panel below; simple plaster moulding to the gable apex.
Interior
The interior was not inspected at the time of survey.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as a well-detailed early C20 building in a prominent location, occupying an important burgage plot in the principal street of the town.
Group value with other listed items in High Street.
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