History

Dated 1895, and built to designs of Douglas and Fordham, architects, of Chester.

Exterior

Polygonal limestone, randomly coursed, with freestone dressings; green slate roof. 2 storeys, 3-gabled front elevation facing Abergele Road, with advanced central gabled storeyed porch. 4-centred archway to doorway, and 3-light window above it. Wide outer gables, with 5-light windows on each floor to the E, and 5-lights to ground floor in W gable, with paired 2-light windows above. Lower windows are mullioned and transomed, with mullioned windows above, all in slightly projecting painted wood cased and with decorative leaded panes. Set back to the W, a further bay represents part of the rear service wind, with windows in its gable facing W, and a single 2-light mullioned window above it. Broad bargeboards with pendant finials to gables, and brick axial stacks.

Reasons for Listing

The building uses vernacular vocabulary to create a building with considerable architectural character. Forms a group with the Church of Saint Paul.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29492542

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Recommended Books

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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)