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Dee Cottage

A Grade II Listed Building in Llangollen, Denbighshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.9706 / 52°58'14"N

Longitude: -3.1657 / 3°9'56"W

OS Eastings: 321814

OS Northings: 342108

OS Grid: SJ218421

Mapcode National: GBR 6Y.JZFK

Mapcode Global: WH784.BLSJ

Plus Code: 9C4RXRCM+6P

Entry Name: Dee Cottage

Listing Date: 24 April 1951

Last Amended: 22 December 1989

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 1196

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300001196

Location: On the NE edge of the town; detached and with rear elevation to the road. The original railway station was immediately to S and it was known as Old Station Cottage.

County: Denbighshire

Community: Llangollen

Community: Llangollen

Built-Up Area: Llangollen

Traditional County: Denbighshire

Tagged with: Cottage

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History

George Borrow lived here in 1854 while travelling around North Wales in preparation for writing Wild Wales (published in 1862). The house is said to date from 1780's.

Exterior

Late Georgian 2-storey structure with pebbledash elevations; slate roof and red brick chimney stack. 3 window front facing S with end pilaster strips and 1st floor cill band. 16-pane sash windows to 1st floor and French windows below. Modern flat roof porch to centre concealing fine traceried segmental fanlight. 1-modern casement to cross range to W. 2 2-window right hand side with 4-pane sashes, camber headed; two near the front are dummy.

Two broad gables to rear flank a narrow one. Rubble wall borders roadside.

Interior

Georgian cornice retained internally to left hand front room.

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