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
921
Building Number
15
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
04/07/1966
Date of Amendment
12/07/2006
Name of Property
15 St Peter's Square
Address
15 St Peter's Square
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Ruthin
Town
Ruthin
Locality
Easting
312385
Northing
358340
Street Side
Location
In a block of buildings facing W into St Peter's Square between the Churchyard Gates and the Castle Hotel.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Shop with house over. Probably C18 or earlier, the front remodelled when the shop was inserted in the early C20.
Exterior
Three-storey stuccoed front under a shallow-pitched slate roof with brick end stacks. Shop front offset to L, with rectangular through-passage to R; 1st floor has 2 canted oriel windows; 4 windows to second floor. Projecting shop front with central splayed entrance, containing a glazed door with overlight. Shop windows have curved glass to splays, and quarry glazing above the transoms, which continues to overlight. Stall board, original fascia and cornice. The upper storey windows are transomed wooden casements with quarry glazing above the transoms: To 1st floor, canted oriel windows are 5-light, the flat roofs with dentilled cornices. The 2nd floor has 4 x 2-light windows.
The rear elevation, above the through-passage, is rendered with a blocked window opening. To its R is a 2-storey rear wing, of brick with a large 4-light C20 window to ground floor; upper floor has 4-pane window with margin glazing to L, a small 6-pane window to centre, and 16-pane horned sash to R. To the R is a lower brick range, single-storey originally with doorway to R. Added upper storey has 3 large-pane wooden windows. Its gable end has a wide opening with cast iron lintel, and a plain-glazed window to upper storey. The N side of rear wing (seen from No 16) has a variety of windows including a small-pane sash and a tripartite sash.
Interior
Interior not seen.
Reason for designation
Listed as a town-house with early origins, the front with consistent early C20 detail, and for group value with surrounding buildings in St Peter's Square.
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