7, The Village

7, The Village is one of two unequal terraces of cottages built around 1857 during the time of Hugh Williams, who later became the 3rd Baronet Bodelwyddan. These cottages were constructed to accompany the church, parsonage, and schools established under the direction of his sister, Lady Margaret Willoughby de Broke. The development was planned as the west side of a street that runs at right angles to St Asaph Road, opposite the vicarage.

The northern terrace originally consisted of six cottages, now seven. They are designed in a picturesque style with slight Gothic elements. The lower windows project on brackets, while the doors feature pointed arches and porch roofs supported by brackets with decorative bargeboards. In the arrangement, cottages 3 and 6 stand slightly forward and have gabled fronts, while the others have eaves at the front with dormers. The cottages are built from axe-dressed local limestone that is informally coursed, with ashlar window surrounds and slate roofs laid in regular courses with tile ridges. The ridge chimneys have an offset just above the ridge level and enlarged cornices. The upper windows in the gables and dormers are 6-pane, 2-light casement windows, and the lower windows are projected with slate roofs. The two advancing cottages are also distinguished by the placement of the door and a projecting window under a single roof.

The terrace originally included a saddlery shop attached to the northernmost cottage and a bakery attached to the southernmost cottage. The saddlery shop at the northern end was converted into an additional cottage, now numbered 1. The bakery at the southern end is now integrated with cottage number 7.

At the rear of the terrace, there are six wash-houses with latrines arranged as freestanding pairs. Beyond a rear lane, there was a row of pigsties, some of which remain intact, such as those behind cottage number 5, while most have been replaced informally by the occupants' garages. The end cottage, which incorporates the former bakery, is now part of the domestic accommodation.