Bron-Haul is a C19th remodelling in stone of a late-C16th/early-C17th, 2-storey, timber-framed house. It is situated immediately adjacent to St Mary's Church, which was completed in 1874, on the site of Henllan Place. The house has an `L? shape plan, of central-entry, end-chimney type with a rear wing. The wing forms part of the timber-frame range, formerly of 4-bays, which was gable-end on to the street.

The surviving timber-framed range consists of 3 closed truss-partitions, primarily at first-floor, although at ground-floor some parts of timber-framed partitions with girding-beams and truss-3 principal-post survive. The S-W side has been re-built in stone and no principal-posts are visible. The trusses have collars with queen-struts to cambered tie-beams, a ridge-piece and 2 pairs of side-purlins with rafters over. The principals are haunched at tie-beam with mortise evidence for wall-plate alongside. Truss 1 has a collar without queen-struts, interestingly its collar has a line of broken-off pegs on its S-E side for an unknown purpose. This truss has the only visible carpenter's marks, a single scribe line at collar and tie-beam also on the S-E side. Truss 2 at first-floor has 2 blocked Tudor door-heads with door-frames, the one to S-W, being a passage through to room over back-kitchen and the other probably from a stair as exists. A mortise in the S-W side's doorway jamb might indicate a framed fireplace in the space between the 2 doorways. The back-kitchen room has a brick arched fireplace with a ceiling-beam set slightly to its front supported by 2 cantilever timbers. The ceiling-beam is chamfered with 3 soffit mortises and exterior wall-studs at each side and may indicate a former timber-framed fireplace with stair to one side (as exists) and a possible former lobby-entry, opposite in the S-W wall, although evidence of blocking in the stone wall wasn?t noted.

The girding-beam of truss 2 has mortises for flat section joists similar to those in the floor of the back-kitchen. These chamfered joists have curved step stops as does the ceiling-beam which has an unusual mortise-joint with the principal-post (see detail) and appears to rest on the S-stone wall without a mortise. At first-floor the tie-beam has a curved brace to the principal-post and a Tudor door-head with stud jambs and wattle in-fill to the panels between studs.

The final form of the `L? shape plan house consists of a central entry with passage and stair between parlour to left and living-room to right. There is a kitchen behind the parlour and a large back-kitchen beyond that with a brick fireplace and stair. This large room must have been sub-divided into a dairy/ pantry at the top end. A tie-beam truss supporting the street front facade roof is re-used from earlier smoke-blackened trusses.

The original ground-plan form of the timber-frame part is uncertain, but it is proposed that there was a central timber-framed fireplace with 2-units to each side, consisting of a heated kitchen/hall with service bay to upper end and an unheated-parlour and shop to lower, street front. All rooms with chambers over. This type of storied plan would suggest an early-mid C17th date, although by this date some of Denbigh's Town houses appear to have been largely stone-built, depending on their financial or other status. However the `L'shape plan may represent the line of a former C16th open hall and wing.

Visited, G A Ward, 06/11/2002.