Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Glyndwr
Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Mwrog Street, Ruthin, Denbighshire, designated on 16 May 1978.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 16 May 1978
- Locality
- Mwrog Street
- Town
- Ruthin
- Community
- Ruthin
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.11165, -3.31979
- Cadw reference
- 888
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 almost opposite the junction of the A494 and the B5105 to Llanfwrog.
History
House of c1835. At last resurvey, interior included a mantelpiece made from the end of a double bed of turned wood, said to have been slept in by Edward VII and Lady Cornwallis West in this house.
Exterior
Symmetrical 2-storey 3-window house, stuccoed and lined over stone, under a slate roof with boarded eaves; brick end stacks, with diagonally set shafts, 3 to L and 2 to R. Central entrance, containing a 6-panel door with sidelight (porch lost). Tall 2-light casement windows with small-pane glazing. Lower 2-storey wing adjoining to L, with half-glazed door to L, casement window to R, and 3-light casement to upper storey. Rear, partly seen, is of random stone. It has a classical doorcase of c1800, possibly transferred from elsewhere; a canted oriel window to upper R containing a tripartite sash; small-pane sash windows.
Interior
Interior not seen.
Reason for designation
Listed for its architectural interest as an early C19 house retaining its character and detail, some features possibly earlier.
Nearby in the register
- Garden Wall to S of GlyndwrDomesticunder 1 mi
- 83 Mwrog StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- 8 Mwrog SteetNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- 135 Mwrog StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.