23581

54  

II  

Designated  

24/10/1950  

20/07/2000  

,54 Tower Hill,Denbigh - Castle,,  

54 Tower Hill  

Denbighshire  

Denbigh  

 

Denbigh - Castle  

305176  

365936  

SW  

Set back behind a rubble-walled forecourt, half-way up the steep lane.  

Domestic  

 

Early C19 terrace of cottages (originally 3, now reduced to 2); in playful Gothick style and constructed (appropriately) from plundered limestone from the nearby castle ruins.  

Belongs to a group of 2. Nos 52-54 Tower Hill. Terrace of (originally) 3 two-storey cottages in castellated Gothick style. Of limestone construction with mono-pitch slate roofs behind a crenellated parapet. The facade is near-symmetrical and has a recessed central section and outer chimney turrets to the flanking advanced wings. The entrance which served the former central cottage is on the L of the recessed bay and is now walled-up. To the R of this is a pointed-arched window with rough-dressed voussoirs and plain glazing with intersecting head. The advanced bay to the L has a pointed-arched entrance (to number 52) with C20 wooden door and a similar window to the L. The entrance to no. 54 is in the L return of the right-hand wing; door as before. Further arched window to the front of this, and one similar to each bay at first floor level. Modern extensions to the rear, including a storeyed, rubble-faced, flat-roofed addition to the central bay.  

The interior was not inspected at the time of survey.  

Listed for its special interest as an unusual early C19 terrace showing a particularly good response to the context of the site in its castellated Gothic conception and detail.