Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
40 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
- 53.11373, -3.31320
- Cadw reference
- 869
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 at the bottom of Clwyd Street, E of the Old Gaol.
History
C17-18, the stone walls replacing timber-framing, a little of which is said to remain. Probably one house originally, with central chimney. Now 2 cottages, that to R with a shop-front.
Exterior
40 & 42 form a group.
Irregular 4-window range of one-and-a-half storeys, rendered on a plinth, under a slate roof, with large central brick ridge stack.
No 40 has a panelled door to far L, against the chimney. Mid-late C20 shop-front to R, with inset half-glazed panelled door flanked by splayed plain-glazed shop windows under an angled fascia. Upper storey has 2 x 2-light small-pane wooden casements. To rear, upper storey is of brick with 2 x 2-light wooden casements; flat-roofed brick addition to ground floor, possibly c1900.
Interior
Interior of shop has ceiling with plain joists.
Reason for designation
Listed, notwithstanding alterations to openings, as a house with sub-medieval origins retaining its central-chimney plan-form. Group value with surrounding listed buildings in Clwyd Street.
Nearby in the register
- 38 Clwyd StreetNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- 42 Clwyd StreetNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- 36 Clwyd StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- 39 Clwyd StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.