Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
422
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
19/08/1991
Date of Amendment
19/08/1991
Name of Property
2
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Flintshire
Community
Holywell
Town
Locality
Easting
318519
Northing
375959
Street Side
Location
Prominently sited facing SE along the High Street.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Exterior
Late-Georgian; 3-storey scribed render fronts with parapets. Buildings shown on site on 1833 map; old photographs show that the 4+2-window block to right (formerly known as Scotcher's) was refronted between ca 1850 and 1877 and that the 2-window part to the left was refronted between 1877 and ca 1900.
Small-pane sash windows, horned to left; lintel. The right hand part is distinctive for its high parapet and band courses with bosses; photograph of ca 1900 shows that parapets were continuous. Modern shop fronts and rear.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included for the important townscape value of the facades closing the NW end of the High Street and grouping with listed items in Cross Street, High Street and Well Street.
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