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
20/07/2000
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Location
Set back from the road behind a low modern forecourt wall.
History
Pair of late Victorian or Edwardian 2-storey houses showing Arts and Crafts influence.
Exterior
Belongs to a group of 2.
Nos 78 and 80 Vale Street.
Constructed of snecked limestone blocks with continuous graded slate roof and brick chimneys with dentilated upper sections, lateral to no. 78, central to no.80. Each unit has an entrance with boarded door, having a glazed upper section and a canopy porch supported on brackets. To the R of this is a storeyed, canted bay window with slate-hanging to the centre and with bracketed, projecting gable, similarly slate-hung; 12-pane central sashes and 8-pane outer sashes, all horned. The left-hand unit, no.80, has an additional 12-pane sash above the entrance on the first floor. This breaks the eaves and is contained within a low hipped dormer. To the far L, beyond this, is an arched entrance with boarded door, giving access to a through-passage to the rear.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as one of a pair of well-conceived Arts and Crafts houses with fine detailing good, unaltered exteriors.
Group value with other listed items in Vale Street.
Group Description
Nos 78 and 80 Vale Street.
Constructed of snecked limestone blocks with continuous graded slate roof and brick chimneys with dentilated upper sections, lateral to no. 78, central to no.80. Each unit has an entrance with boarded door, having a glazed upper section and a canopy porch supported on brackets. To the R of this is a storeyed, canted bay window with slate-hanging to the centre and with bracketed, projecting gable, similarly slate-hung; 12-pane central sashes and 8-pane outer sashes, all horned. The left-hand unit, no.80, has an additional 12-pane sash above the entrance on the first floor. This breaks the eaves and is contained within a low hipped dormer. To the far L, beyond this, is an arched entrance with boarded door, giving access to a through-passage to the rear.
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