Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
13 St Peter's Square
Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 4 July 1966
- Town
- Ruthin
- Community
- Ruthin
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.11484, -3.31047
- Cadw reference
- 920
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
In a block of buildings facing W into St Peter's Square between the Churchyard Gates and the Castle Hotel.
History
Probably late C18. The building was formerly the White Horse Inn, a wine and spirit merchant, which stopped trading in 1829. It was subsequently divided into 2 premises, the shop fronts probably mid-late C19.
Exterior
13 & 14 St Peter's Square
A pair of shops with houses over. Three-window 3-storey block, the central windows offset slightly to the R. Constructed of pale grey coursed stone under shallow slate roofs; brick stacks to L end and R of centre. The houses have wide hornless sash windows with stone heads, 16-pane to 1st floor and 4-over-8-pane to 2nd floor.
No. 13 is a 2-window range. The projecting shop front is on a stone plinth with hipped tiled roof; inset splayed central entrance with half-glazed door with plain overlight; 2-light plate-glass shop windows with slender cast iron columns to angles, with small decorated motifs at mid-level, the capitals bearing the Prince of Wales feathers. The fascia is modern. The S gable end is of rubble stone and has no openings; further gable adjoining to R, the gable end with doorway offset to R with segmental brick head; 1st floor has 2-light wooden casement offset to L. The rear has a single-storey late C20 lean-to, and C20 plain-glazed 2- or 3- light wooden casements, asymmetrically arranged.
Interior
Interior not seen.
Reason for designation
Listed as a building retaining definite late C18 character and detail, the later shop-fronts including some good late C19 detail. Group value with surrounding listed buildings in St Peter's Square.
Nearby in the register
- 14 St Peter's SquareNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- 12A St Peter's SquareCommercialunder 1 mi
- Seven EyesCommercialunder 1 mi
- 15 St Peter's SquareCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.