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
987
Building Number
15
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
24/10/1950
Date of Amendment
20/07/2000
Name of Property
Shoe 'B' Doo Shoe Shop
Address
15 High Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Denbigh
Town
Locality
Denbigh - Town
Easting
305247
Northing
366113
Street Side
N
Location
Forming the corner block at the eastern end of the colonnaded row.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
The colonnaded island row to which this building belongs is shown in John Speed's 1610 map of Denbigh and represents post-medieval encroachment onto the market place. Originally timber-framed, the row retains its original covered lower stage, although the columns are mostly replacements of the C18 and C19. This feature is known locally as the Piazza, or 'Y Bylciau' and implies a conscious urbanity and unity of intention which reflects Denbigh's growing significance and self-assurance during the Tudor period. A watercolour by Sir Richard Colt Hoare of 1815 shows the colonnade returning as a single-storey pentise in to Crown Square, though this arrangement was swept away shortly afterwards. This building, occupying the corner site, received its present appearance in the second-quarter C19 when it was given new facades to the High Street and Crown Square sides. The columns which support it were also replaced at that time.
Exterior
Large 3-storey corner building with 2-bay facades facing the High Street (S) and Crown Square (E). Of brick construction with counter-changed patterning in brown and buff brick, with stuccoed lintels, hipped slate roof and simple brick chimney. The upper floors are jettied-out over the piazza and are carried on 3 octagonal stone columns on broader bases. Modern shop-front. Plain 4-pane Victorian sashes with stuccoed, flat-arched lintels, with a small multi-pane attic light tucked under the eaves on the Crown Square elevation; simple moulded stucco to oversailing eaves.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included for its special interest as one of a colonnaded row of buildings forming a significant element in the sub-medieval morphology and aspirations of the town.
Group value with other listed items in High Street.
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