Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
36 Clwyd Street
Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 16 May 1978
- Locality
- Clwyd Street
- Town
- Ruthin
- Community
- Ruthin
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.11381, -3.31309
- Cadw reference
- 868
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 towards the lower part of Clwyd Street.
History
A pair of cottages, probably early C19. A shop-front was inserted into No 36 later, probably in the mid-late C19.
Exterior
36 and 38 form a group.
Two-storey 4-window range, forming 2 cottages, that to R with more closely-spaced windows. Constructed of squared coursed stone under a slate roof, with 2 brick stacks set back behind ridge. Doorways with elliptical-arched heads, to R of each cottage. Hornless sash windows in moulded frames under wedge lintels, 12-pane to ground floor, and 3-over-6-pane to 1st floor. Skylights to roof-pitch.
No 36 has shop-front to ground floor encompassing original elliptical-arched doorway, which contains a 6-panel door with plain-glazed overlight. Two-light shop window to L, the lights with arched heads and pierced spandrels, all articulated by panelled pilasters with gothic detail, fretted capitals and a bracketed cornice. No openings to gable end. Rear not seen.
Interior
Interior not seen.
Reason for designation
Listed as a pair of good early C19 cottages, retaining character and detail, and with good later shop front.
Nearby in the register
- 38 Clwyd StreetNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Clwyd BankNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- 40 Clwyd StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- 42 Clwyd StreetNo class recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.