Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
23611
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
20/07/2000
Date of Amendment
20/07/2000
Name of Property
Gem Newsagents
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Denbigh
Town
Locality
Denbigh - Town
Easting
305100
Northing
366084
Street Side
S
Location
Occupying a corner site between Portland Place and the Swine Market.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
First-half C19 shop complex with late Victorian shopfront.
Exterior
Low 2-storey corner building with elevation angled in 3 planes. Rendered brick (?) construction with shallow-pitched, hipped slate roof. The central part of the facade has a late C19 shop front with corbelled and dentilated cornice and panelled pilasters. Entrance to the L with part-glazed door. The right-hand section has a plain C20 shop front with part-glazed entrance to the R. C19 twelve-pane unhorned sashes to the upper floor, one above each shop front, with a small blind recess beyond that to the L.
Interior
Plain modern shop interior to ground floor.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as an early C19 small-scale commercial building retaining good original external character, including a good late C19 shop front.
Group value with other listed items in Portland Place.
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