1, The Village

1, The Village is a group of cottages dating back to around 1857, constructed as part of a planned development by Hugh Williams, later 3rd baronet of Bodelwyddan, and commissioned by his sister, Lady Margaret Willoughby de Broke. The cottages were built alongside a new church, parsonage, and school, forming the west side of a street perpendicular to the St Asaph Road, opposite to the vicarage.

The cottages are built in a picturesque, articulated style with a touch of Gothic detailing. Lower windows are supported on brackets, and doors feature pointed arches and small, bracketed porch roofs with decorative bargeboards. Two cottages (numbers 3 and 6) are set slightly forward and have gabled fronts, while the others have projecting eaves and dormer windows. The construction uses axe-dressed limestone laid in an informal coursing, with ashlar window surrounds, slate roofs laid in regular courses with tile ridges, and ridge chimneys that have a slight offset just above the ridge level and enlarged cornices. The upper windows, both in the gables and dormers, are 6-pane, 2-light casement windows. The lower, projecting windows have their own slate roofs. Cottages 3 and 6 are distinguished by the combined placement of their front door and projecting window under a single roof. Originally, the terrace included a saddlery shop attached to the northernmost cottage and a bakery attached to the southernmost.

The original saddlery shop at the north end has been converted into an additional cottage (number 1). At the south end, the bakery is now integrated into number 7.

At the rear of the terrace are six wash-houses, paired with latrines as separate structures. Beyond a rear lane, there was previously a row of pigsties, some of which remain (for example, behind number 5), although many have been replaced with occupants’ garages. Number 1 was formerly a saddlery shop and has been altered; original exterior materials are no longer visible.