The castle's modern survival followed a series of changing uses rather than an uninterrupted conservation programme. A grammar school, bowling green, and other activities occupied parts of the old fortified area before Denbigh created a castle committee around 1860 to maintain the ruins. The Crown later leased the site to the committee and lent it money for repairs, then recovered Burgess Gate and carried out conservation there. In 1914 the Office of Works assumed responsibility for the site. The Ministry of Works removed later buildings along the walls in the 1950s to open the area for research and visitors, so modern presentation also reshaped the monument. Denbigh is now protected as a scheduled ancient monument and Grade I listed building.
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From civic preservation to state care
Local preservation efforts, Crown support, and the Office of Works gradually transform the slighted fortress into a researched and protected historic site.