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
30/03/1987
Date of Amendment
30/03/1987
Name of Property
BBC Radio Clwyd
Unitary Authority
Flintshire
Location
In its own grounds facing the junction of Chapel Street with Glanrafon Road.
History
1875-6 by John Douglas of Chester in Arts and Crafts style. Formerly the schoolmaster's house for the adjacent British School.
Exterior
L-shaped, 2 storey english bond brick with half-timbered gable advanced to street. Medium pitch slate roof, deep verges and eaves, exposed purlins. Eaves brackets to advanced gable. Projecting stepped chimney to right end, truncated similar to rear.
Buttresses sweep out at W and S corners, saw edged string courses to principal elevations. 6 light small paned window to half timbered gable. (Serves two rooms). Stone mullioned windows to ground floor. Asymmetric 2 and 4 light to advanced gable, 4 light to other wing. Modern glazing. Cambered brick arches to rear openings.
Catslide hood on brackets to square headed doorway to left of advanced bay. Contemporary railed forecourt.
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