Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
1037
Building Number
22
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
02/02/1981
Date of Amendment
20/07/2000
Name of Property
Former County Court (and latterly Job Centre)
Address
22 Vale Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Denbigh
Town
Locality
Denbigh - Town
Easting
305378
Northing
366181
Street Side
SE
Location
Set back slightly from the street line behind a low stone wall (reduced since last survey - 1981)
Description
Broad Class
Civil
Period
History
Mid-Victorian municipal building erected as the county courthouse c1860.
Exterior
Two-storey building in simple Victorian classical style, with limestone ashlar upper floor and rusticated ground floor; plain string course between. Slate roof with projecting eaves and stone end chimney to the L. The facade is symmetrical and is of 3 bays with a central entrance. This has a round arched doorway and a part-glazed modern door (altered since last inspection - 1981), with plain segmental fan. Flanking the entrance on both floors are tripartite windows with slab mullions; these have sash windows to the central sections (6-pane to first floor and plain to the ground), with narrow flanking sections. Further 6-pane sash above the entrance.
Interior
The interior was not inspected during the survey.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as a third-quarter C19 former court house, retaining good original external character.
Group value with other listed items in Vale Street.
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