Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Garden Walls to Nantclwyd House
Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Ruthin, Denbighshire, designated on 16 May 1978.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 16 May 1978
- Town
- Ruthin
- Community
- Ruthin
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.11337, -3.31159
- Cadw reference
- 834
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 108 Flint (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Located to the rear (W) of Nantclwyd House.
History
Walls of C15 or earlier, marking out the medieval double burgage plot to the rear of Nantclwyd House. Maps going back to 1780 show a narrow range against the S wall, adjacent to Nantclwyd House, probably explaining the height of the wall in this location.
Exterior
Rubble stone wall of varying height. On the S side, the wall is up to 4m high adjacent to the house (temporarily reduced at time of survey). Its external side, facing into the courtyard of Bron y gaer, has a former doorway infilled with brick. To the R, the wall steps back, with an infilled lean-to in the angle; it continues at c2.5m height, with flat stone coping and coped offset, stepping down towards the W. In the SW angle is a C20 stone garden feature. Along the W side, the wall is stepped down and broken towards the centre, to form access to the former Lord's garden. In the NW angle, the W and N walls join the gazebo. The N wall of the garden is c2m high with concrete coping, with an entrance to the R, and further entrance cut in to far R, adjacent to the house.
Reason for designation
Listed for their special interest as garden walls marking out the medieval burgage plot of Nantclwyd house, some sections probably original, the rest rebuilt or altered later. Group value with Nantclwyd House.
Nearby in the register
- Gazebo to rear of Nantclwyd HouseGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Gazebo to rear of the Coach HouseNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Walls of former Lord's Garden at rear of Nantclwyd HouseNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Bron y Gaer MewsNo class recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.