Newsagents is a Grade II listed building in the Denbighshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 22 December 1989. Retail. 2 related planning applications.

Newsagents

WRENN ID
high-jade-hyssop
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Denbighshire
Constituency
Clwyd East MP: Becky Gittins (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
22 December 1989
Type
Retail
Address
Newsagents, 12 Chapel Street, Llangollen, LL20 8NN
OS grid reference
SJ 215 419
Coordinates
52.96936, -3.16943
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a two-storey newsagents building featuring a rendered gable on the right side, showcasing a mixture of applied black and white decoration alongside original exposed truss work. Above a modern shopfront, there is a two-light casement window. The slate roof rises to the left over a rounded corner, which is constructed of whitewashed brick with applied timber. There is a curved six-pane sash window above a curved 19th-century three-light shop window with end pilasters. A diamond leaded window is located at the rear of this corner block, which connects to a likely 17th-century cross range that has a gable facing Chapel Street Square. The wall post is visible on the left, as are the bases of the principal rafters. On the first floor, there is a small pane sliding sash window, and below it, a broad modern window and a modern door. The right side of the building is made of rubble.

Inside, the tie and collar beam roof trusses are exposed, featuring massive uncut and undulating purlins and queen struts. The purlins appear to have been reused, as indicated by the lower tenon sockets. There is one uncut beam in the main ground floor room.

Local climate

Newsagents receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 2003
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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