Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
15525
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
01/02/1995
Date of Amendment
01/02/1995
Name of Property
Commerce House
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Corwen
Town
Locality
Corwen
Easting
307751
Northing
343478
Street Side
Location
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
A row of shops with accommodation above. Circa 1830, the present shop fronts later C19.
Exterior
Render with partially hipped slate roof with bold overhang and prominent stone axial stacks. 3 storeys, 5-window range. 16-pane sash windows deeply recessed, with plain sills. Paired shop fronts with floor-level windows splayed to either side of recessed entrances; continuous fascia with moulded cornice. Passage entries to either side with panelled doors and lozenge-glazed overlight to right hand doorway, the left hand entrance blocked.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a fine example of an early C19 terrace of shops and accommodation, built on an urban scale and thus indicative of the prosperity of Corwen in the early C19. The later shop fronts are also good examples of their type.
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