Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
14-14a Clwyd Street
Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Rhuthun, Ruthin, Denbighshire, designated on 30 December 2005.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- No class recorded
- Date of designation
- 30 December 2005
- Town
- Rhuthun
- Community
- Ruthin
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.11442, -3.31184
- Cadw reference
- 87286
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 108 Flint (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 108 Flint (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Fronting Clwyd Street, on a steep hill.
History
Formerly 2 properties. Probably late C18 - early C19, with alterations to ground floor shop fronts.
Exterior
Late Georgian style. Rendered and lined under a slate roof; brick end stack to L, brick ridge stack offset to R, at junction of 14 and 14a. The ground slopes down steeply from R to L, giving the properties with different floor levels. No. 14 is 2-window range of 2-and-a-half-storeys. Ground floor has wide opening to L to through-passage. Small shop front to R, with door and window in a continuous raised surround: C20 glazed door to L under a segmental head with keystone,12-pane horned sash to R. The 1st floor has 12-pane horned sashes with flat heads and stone sills; aligned to attic storey, 6-pane horned sashes with stone sills immediately under the eaves. To rear, added 2-storey flat-roofed block, probably mid-late C20.
No 14a is a 2-storey and 2-window range. Large inserted shop window to ground floor, late C20 but may replace an earlier one. Upper storey has 12-pane hornless sash windows under segmental heads. Large catslide lean-to to rear with late C20 fenestration. Rear elevation, visible to far L, is of red brick.
Interior
Interior not inspected.
Reason for designation
Listed as a pair of houses and shops retaining their late Georgian character notwithstanding some loss of detail. Group value within this important street.
Nearby in the register
- 16-18 Clwyd StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- Bryn ClwydCommercialunder 1 mi
- 6 Clwyd StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- Former Waterloo ClubRecreationalunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.