NO.27 Well Street, Clwyd, Ruthin, Denbighshire

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.1138 / 53°6'49"N

Longitude: -3.308 / 3°18'28"W

OS Eastings: 312544

OS Northings: 358205

OS Grid: SJ125582

Mapcode National: GBR 6S.7T2Z

Mapcode Global: WH779.5Z0R

Plus Code: 9C5R4M7R+GQ

Entry Name: NO.27 Well Street, Clwyd

Listing Date: 16 May 1978

Last Amended: 12 July 2006

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 933

Building Class: Commercial

ID on this website: 300000933

Location: Located on the E corner of Well Street and Wynnstay Road.

County: Denbighshire

Town: Ruthin

Community: Ruthin (Rhuthun)

Community: Ruthin

Built-Up Area: Ruthin

Traditional County: Denbighshire

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History

Probably C18, with later modifications. House and shop, originally with timber-framing. The front was rebuilt in stone later, the return to Wynnstay Road with imitation timber-framing to upper storey. The shop front and dormer windows are probably late C19.

Exterior

Two-window house and shop of one-and-a-half storeys, with long rear wing flush with W gable end. Front of random stone, the W gable end and rear wing roughcast on a plinth to ground floor, and with imitation timber-framing to upper storey; slate roofs. Shop-front consists of a half-glazed wooden door flanked by plain-glazed shop windows, articulated by moulded pilasters with small capitals; to the R is a boarded door with similar pilasters, all under a continuous moulded cornice. Upper storey has 2 gabled half-dormers with timber struts to gables, containing wooden cross-windows, the upper lights with quarry glazing. E gable end adjoined by later building. W gable end has large plain-glazed shop window to ground floor, with pilasters as front and a plain cornice; no openings to upper storey. Long rear wing to L has 2 small plain-glazed wooden windows to ground floor and 2 gabled half dormers with cross-windows to upper storey, as front; small skylight to R. N gable end of wing has 3-light wooden window to ground floor.

Interior

Open-plan shop to ground floor of main range. The ceiling has cross-beams with very small chamfer and plain joists.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as a house and shop retaining its C18 plan-form and late C19 detail. Group value with surrounding listed buildings in Well Street.

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Other nearby listed buildings

II 25, Well Street, Well Street, Ruthin, CLWYD
On a corner site at the junction of Well Street and Wynnstay Road, the entrance facing SE.
II Wynnstay Arms Hotel
Fronting the road and opposite the junction of Well Street and Wynnstay Road.
II 23, Well Street, Ruthin
In a block of buildings fronting Well Street, almost opposite its junction with Dog Lane
II Wayfarer
On the SE corner of Well Street and Record Street, immediately W of the Wynnstay Arms Hotel.
II NOS.21 & 23 Well Street, Clwyd
In a block of buildings fronting Well Street, almost opposite its junction with Dog Lane.
II Conservative Club
Located on the S side of the junction of Well Street and Dog Lane.
II Stable & Coach-house to rear of Wynnstay Arms Hotel
Facing E into the rear courtyard of the hotel which has a cobbled floor. The hotel fronts Well Street, but access to the courtyard is from Dog Lane.
II Plas Tirion
Set behind forecourt railings on Well Street, to the E of its junction with Dog Lane.

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NO.27 Well Street, Clwyd

A Grade II Listed Building in Ruthin, Denbighshire