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
87314
Building Number
42
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
16/05/1978
Date of Amendment
12/07/2006
Name of Property
42 Clwyd Street
Address
42 Clwyd Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Ruthin
Town
Ruthin
Locality
Clwyd Street
Easting
312193
Northing
358197
Street Side
Location
Located at the bottom of Clwyd Street, immediately adjacent to the Old Gaol.
Description
Broad Class
Period
History
C17-18, the stone walls replacing timber-framing, a little of which is said to remain. Probably one house originally, with central chimney. Now 2 cottages, that to R with a shop-front.
Exterior
40 & 42 form a group.
Irregular 4-window range of one-and-a-half storeys, rendered on a plinth, under a slate roof, with large central brick ridge stack.
No 42 has inserted central entrance with late C20 wooden door containing small arched lights. Late C20 small-pane wooden windows, a large top-hung window to R of entrance, and 2 x 2-light casements to upper storey. W gable end has 2 small windows to ground floor. Rear not seen.
Interior
Interior not seen.
Reason for designation
Listed, notwithstanding alterations to openings, as a house with sub-medieval origins retaining its central-chimney plan-form. Group value with surrounding listed buildings in Clwyd Street.
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