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Offices of the Denbighshire Free Press

A Grade II Listed Building in Denbigh, Denbighshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.1836 / 53°11'1"N

Longitude: -3.4195 / 3°25'10"W

OS Eastings: 305236

OS Northings: 366113

OS Grid: SJ052661

Mapcode National: GBR 6M.3HTJ

Mapcode Global: WH771.F7WP

Plus Code: 9C5R5HMJ+F5

Entry Name: Offices of the Denbighshire Free Press

Listing Date: 24 October 1950

Last Amended: 20 July 2000

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 989

Building Class: Commercial

ID on this website: 300000989

Location: Within the colonnaded row.

County: Denbighshire

Community: Denbigh (Dinbych)

Community: Denbigh

Locality: Denbigh - Town

Built-Up Area: Denbigh

Traditional County: Denbighshire

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History

The colonnaded island row to which this building belongs is shown in John Speed's 1610 map of Denbigh. Originally timber-framed, the row retains its original covered lower stage, although the columns are mostly replacements of the C18 and C19. This feature is known locally as the Piazza, or 'Y Bylciau.' A watercolour by Sir Richard Colt Hoare of 1815 shows the colonnade returning as a single-storey pentise in to Crown Square, though this arrangement was swept away shortly afterwards. This building probably gained its present appearance in the second-quarter C19, when the upper section appears to have been rebuilt in brick.

Exterior

Three-and-a-half storey gabled building of 2 bays. Of brick construction with timber-framed origins under a slate roof; stone quoins and projecting keystones, all now painted and with ashlared stucco over the brick. The ground floor has modern shop windows; the upper floors are jettied-out over the pavement and are carried on 3 Tuscan stone columns. Two recessed Victorian 4-pane sash windows to each of the first and second floors, with a smaller, similar sash to the attic floor above.

Interior

The interior was not inspected at the time of survey.

Reasons for Listing

Included for its special interest as one of a colonnaded row of buildings retaining good external character and forming a significant element in the sub-medieval morphology and aspirations of the town.

Group value with other listed items in High Street.

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