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Fron Deg

A Grade II Listed Building in Llangollen, Denbighshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.9788 / 52°58'43"N

Longitude: -3.1785 / 3°10'42"W

OS Eastings: 320968

OS Northings: 343034

OS Grid: SJ209430

Mapcode National: GBR 6Y.J8F2

Mapcode Global: WH784.4DP7

Plus Code: 9C4RXRHC+GJ

Entry Name: Fron Deg

Listing Date: 22 December 1989

Last Amended: 22 December 1989

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 1243

Building Class: Domestic

Also known as: Fron Deg,Abbey Road,A542 (E.Side) Dinbren

ID on this website: 300001243

Location: Approximately 1km N of the town centre. Above the road close to the junction with Tower Road and the modern road bridge over the Llangollen Canal.

County: Denbighshire

Community: Llangollen

Community: Llangollen

Locality: Dinbren

Built-Up Area: Llangollen

Traditional County: Denbighshire

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Exterior

Mid C19 2-storey villa with scribed render elevations; hipped slate roofs with wide boarded eaves and stock brick chimney stacks. Symmetrical 3-window front with rusticated quoins and 1st floor cill band. 4-pane sashes with shutters to 1st floor, French windows below. Central 4-panel door entrance with side and over-lights. Good cast-iron Coalbrookdale verandah with anthemion cresting, traceried spandrels and highly ornate oval-panelled balastrade to the terrace.
Advanced bay to S over side porch.

Reasons for Listing

Included because of the special intrest of the ironwork.

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