Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
9 Castle Street including forecourt railings
Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Ruthin, Denbighshire, designated on 24 October 1950.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 24 October 1950
- Town
- Ruthin
- Community
- Ruthin
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.11367, -3.31048
- Cadw reference
- 845
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 in a block of buildings on the E side of Castle Street
History
c1800.
Exterior
Two-storey 4-window house, consisting of 2-window main range and flanking projecting gabled wings, all the roofs half-hipped. Roughcast under slate roofs; central renewed brick ridge stack, and lateral brick stacks to wings; moulded wooden eaves cornice. Wide porch to R of centre, with slender iron columns supporting a deep flat-roofed canopy, which has a central raised open pediment. Inside porch, a half-glazed panelled door with quarry glazing, and panelled reveals; elliptical fanlight with radial glazing, and side-lights with quarries. To L of porch is a 4-light wooden casement window with gothic glazing, the outer lights narrower. Added Victorian doorway to R with half-glazed panelled door. Upper storey has 2 widely-spaced 12-pane hornless sashes. Wings have 3-over-6-pane sashes to upper storey of gabled fronts; ground floor has 12-pane sashes to front of S wing and R-hand return of N wing; the former also has a small sash to R-hand return.
Fronting road and attached to inner angles of projecting wings, iron railings with pointed finials on a low stone wall with semi-circular copings. Small gate to entrance in same style, the dog bars also with pointed finials.
Interior
Interior not seen.
Reason for designation
Listed for its architectural interest as a late-Georgian town-house, well detailed and retaining its character, which contributes to the historic townscape. Group value with surrounding listed buildings in Castle Street.
Nearby in the register
- Sir John Trevor House, including N WingDomesticunder 1 mi
- 11 Castle StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- Nantclwyd HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Gorphwysfa (former Conservative Club)Institutionalunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.