Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
826
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
16/05/1978
Date of Amendment
12/07/2006
Name of Property
N.Boundary Wall to grounds of Ruthin Castle Hotel
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Ruthin
Town
Ruthin
Locality
Castle Park
Easting
312232
Northing
358131
Street Side
Location
Starting immediately N of the entrance to Ruthin Castle Hotel, and running W around the castle perimeter. A footpath follows the wall, on its N side.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Probably built in the 1820s by Frederick West, who built the first house over the ruins of Ruthin Castle. It follows the line of the castle moat, and also formed the S side of a footpath known as Coney Green (now Cunning Green), its N side formed by the late medieval walls of the former kitchen garden to Ruthin Castle (the Lord's Garden).
Exterior
Boundary wall curving around the grounds of Ruthin Castle Hotel, approximately 50-100m outside the curtain wall of the medieval castle. It starts to the E, adjacent to the gateway and lodge to Ruthin Castle Hotel, continuing in sinuous form towards the W, and bounding the L-hand side of the footpath. The wall is castellated, of random stone, and over 2m high.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as an early C19 wall retaining its picturesque gothic character, and for its contribution to the historic townscape. Group value with Ruthin Castle Hotel, its gateway and lodge, and the boundary walls to the Lord's Garden.
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