Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
11 Castle Street
Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales
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
- 53.11355, -3.31042
- Cadw reference
- 846
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1795 "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).
Cadw's description
Location
Located in a block of buildings on the E side of Castle Street
History
C18 town-house with offset entrance, altered in the C19, and re-windowed in the late C20.
Exterior
Tall narrow 2-window house of 2-and-a-half storeys. Roughcast under a steeply-pitched slate roof with central clustered stack, rendered over brick. The entrance is offset to L of centre, with open-fronted flat-roofed porch with trellised sides and canopy, probably early C19. The fielded panelled door is probably C18 and original. The windows are C20, 2-light wooden casements with quarry-glazed light over, with continuous sill bands. Raised eared surrounds to ground and 1st floor windows, with segmental heads and keystones; the 2nd floor windows are under gabled half-dormers with timber struts to gables. Cellar opening to R. South gable end has small 2-light attic window, No 13 adjoining below. Rear, partly seen, has small-pane windows to upper storey, corner stack to L, and flat-roofed blocks below.
Interior
Interior not seen.
Nearby in the register
- 13 Castle StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- 9 Castle Street including forecourt railingsDomesticunder 1 mi
- 15 Castle StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- 1 Record StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.