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Lon Copner, DENBIGH, LL16 3UT

Vale Street, which is a steep hill rising to the Market Square, is wide and lined with impressive houses.

Probably dating from the mid 17th century, Clwydian House may be one of the earliest brick town houses in north Wales, although later alterations including sash windows, dormers and the semi-circular hood canopy over the entrance are indications of a Georgian makeover. It has recently been renovated with Townscape Heritage Initiative funding.

Grove Place is a mid-late 18th century, brick-built, slate-roofed, 3 storey town house. Formerly a house of status, it became the Denbigh Police Station c.1930 until 2001. The new building just beyond it is the new headquarters for Grwp Cynefin, which operates a number of affordable homes schemes across north Wales.

Built of local limestone, this house stands beside the Evan Pierce Memorial Garden on Vale Street.

The former servant areas of the original town house were later converted to prison cells.

Dr Evan Pierce (1808-1895) was born in a small village just outside Denbigh and attended Denbigh Grammar School. He trained as a doctor at Edinburgh University and qualified in 1832. On his return to Denbigh that year he was faced with a cholera epidemic that had claimed 300 lives in one month. He joined other local doctors in caring for the sick and after hard work the epidemic was finally brought under control. In 1872 a number of his admirers undertook to commemorate his services to the community and this statue (Sicilian marble) was erected on a column of limestone, quarried from Denbigh. The garden and the statue have recently had a facelift. http://www.pmsa.org.uk/pmsa-database/11338/

Towards the bottom of Vale Street, opposite the supermarket, this inn dates from the 17th century.

The main road from Ruthin to Denbigh. It is quite a steep hill and about half a mile long.

Looking towards the pub on Vale Street.

Looking down Vale Street. Post Office Lane is to the left and Peakes' Lane to the right.