12, The Village

12, The Village is one of eleven cottages in a group of two terraces built around 1857. They were constructed on a new site as part of a planned development accompanying the local church, parsonage, and schools. The scheme was commissioned by Hugh Williams, later 3rd baronet of Bodelwyddan, acting on the instructions of his sister, Lady Margaret Willoughby de Broke. The cottages form the western side of a street situated at a right angle to the St Asaph Road, directly opposite the vicarage.

The cottages are built in a picturesque, articulated style and are related to the design of the northern terrace, although with less pronounced Gothic detailing. Three cottages (numbers 8, 13, and 18) project slightly and have gabled frontages. The remaining cottages have front eaves with dormer windows. They are constructed from locally sourced limestone, informally coursed, with ashlar window surrounds. The roofs are slate, laid in regular courses, with tile ridges. The chimneys have an offset just above the ridge level and enlarged cornices, featuring ribs on the broad faces – a detail comparable to those found on service buildings at Bodelwyddan Castle. The upper windows, within both the gables and dormers, are 6-pane, 2-light casement windows. The lower windows are 9-pane, 3-light casement windows.

Some cottages have been modified over time. Masonry alterations at numbers 9 and 10 have subtly affected the original symmetry. Number 18, at the southern end of the terrace, has been enlarged to the rear and may have been used at some point as two separate dwellings.