Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
1 Record Street
Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 24 October 1950
- Town
- Ruthin
- Community
- Ruthin
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.11341, -3.31025
- Cadw reference
- 900
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
Fronting the road, and ajoining the rear of 15 Castle Street to the W.
History
Early C19.
Exterior
Symmetrical 3-storey 3-window house with central entrance. Constructed of painted brick under a slate roof with renewed brick end stacks; moulded eaves cornice; random stone plinth to L. The windows are 12-pane hornless sashes to ground and 1st floors, 3-over-6-pane sashes to 2nd floor, all under cambered heads. Moulded wooden doorcase, the pilasters with fluted capitals supporting an open dentilled triangular pediment. Round-arched doorway with inset panelled door, fanlight with radial glazing, and panelled reveals. Above entrance to 1st floor, a flat-roofed oriel window on curved brackets with 12-pane horned sash to front, and side-lights. East gable end has 4-pane horned sash offset to L of 1st and 2nd floors, ground floor not seen. Rubble boundary wall adjoins SE angle, and fronts Record Street. West gable end adjoins rear wing of 15 Castle Street. Rear has small lean-to (seen from No 15).
Interior
Interior not seen.
Reason for designation
Listed as a consistently well-detailed early C19 town-house retaining definite character. Group value with surrounding listed buildings.
Nearby in the register
- 15 Castle StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- 13 Castle StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- 2-2A Record StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- 11 Castle StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.