Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
1262
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
22/12/1989
Date of Amendment
22/12/1989
Name of Property
Armstrong Towers
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Llangollen
Town
Locality
Pen-y-Coed
Easting
322302
Northing
341932
Street Side
Location
Set in the slope forward to the street.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
C18 origins; refronted and extended to rear in early to mid C19. The House name is modern.
Exterior
2-storey 3-window symmetrical front of unusual picturesque Gothick design; painted roughcast with plinth and painted end pilasters. Slate roof and cement render end chimney stacks; eaves band. Broad small pane sash windows in acutely pointed openings; to the 1st floor the heads of the upper sashes have diamond glazing and kite shaped tracery - same design to the fanlights over ground floor windows. 16-pane sash to centre over gabled porch with glazed door. Low flat roof extension to left. 3-window rear with flat roof dormers, 9-pane 1st floor sashes and ground floor splayed bays and porch.
Interior
The interior has some inserted ceiling beams to hall and simple C19 staircase; no Gothick detail.
Reason for designation
Group value with The Hollies Cottage and Nos 5 and 6.
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