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
933
Building Number
27
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
16/05/1978
Date of Amendment
12/07/2006
Name of Property
27 Well Street
Address
27 Well Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Ruthin
Town
Ruthin
Locality
Easting
312544
Northing
358205
Street Side
Location
Located on the E corner of Well Street and Wynnstay Road.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
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.
Reason for designation
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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