8 Clwyd Street

Rhyl, Denbighshire, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Rhyl, Denbighshire, designated on 14 February 1994.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of 8 Clwyd Street, Rhyl, Denbighshire, with a pin at the register's coordinates — Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation: Listed building, Grade II
Broad class: Domestic
Date of designation: 14 February 1994
Community: Rhyl
Unitary authority: Denbighshire
Country: Wales
Coordinates: 53.32049, -3.48877
Cadw reference: 14272

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1883 map "Watershed map England, Wales 3." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1898 · 95 Rhyl (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1930 · OS Popular Edition 1919-1947 (National Library of Scotland)
1963 · Map No. 36 - Local Government Commission for Wales : [Definitive maps showing proposed… (National Library of Scotland)

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Cadw's description

Location

Set back from the road adjoining Nos 2-4 Clwyd Street.

History

Built some time between 1836 and 1852, and still in use as housing.

Exterior

Coursed and squared rubble with slate roof. End wall stacks. Three storeys, 4-window range, comprising a row of 4 single fronted, double-pile plan houses. Each has entrance to the right, a 2-panelled door with overlight, and 12-pane sash window (9-pane to attic storey), almost flush framed and with flat arched heads (timber lintels in attic storey).

Reason for designation

A rare example of the earliest phase of Rhyl’s development as a new town in the mid C19 which survives almost intact.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Designated Historic Asset GIS Data, The Welsh Historic Environment Service (Cadw), 2026-09-07, licensed under the Open Government Licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ Cadw, the Welsh Historic Environment Service · Open Government Licence v3.0

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