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
15521
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
01/02/1995  
Date of Amendment
01/02/1995  
Name of Property
London House  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Denbighshire  
Community
Corwen  
Town
 
Locality
Corwen  
Easting
307880  
Northing
343502  
Street Side
 
Location
Adjoins the Central Hotel towards the centre of the terrace in the broad section of the High Street.  

Description


Broad Class
Domestic  
Period
 

History
 

Exterior
Probably built in the early C19. Roughcast render over stone with smooth rendered dressings, slate roof with end wall stacks. 3 storeys, 2-window range. Entry to rear yard to left, and shop front of c1850: reeded outer pilasters, central door with lozenge overlight, bold brackets with foliate decoration to fascia, and beaded heads to windows which are of square proportions. 12 and 9-pane sash windows to upper storeys.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Included as part of a key group of buildings at the centre of the town, and for the quality of the shop front, which is a rare example of a mid C19 front, surviving virtually intact.  

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