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
947
Building Number
48
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
16/05/1978
Date of Amendment
12/07/2006
Name of Property
48 Well Street
Address
48 Well Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Ruthin
Town
Ruthin
Locality
Easting
312650
Northing
358163
Street Side
Location
Located towards the E end of Well Street, opposite the junction with Railway Terrace.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Shop with house over, similar to 59-61 Well Street and Railway Terrace; probably also c1864, and built in association with the Vale of Clwyd Railway.
Exterior
Tall 3-storey 2-window block constructed of red brick under a slate roof with brick end stacks. Modillion eaves cornice, stone sill bands to 1st and 2nd floors, stone plinth. Windows to 1st and 2nd floors have raised stone surrounds, the former with round-arched heads and keystones, containing horned sash windows without glazing bars; rectangular top-hung windows to 2nd floor. To ground floor, round-arched doorway to R, the surround of brick, containing a 4-panel door with plain-glazed fanlight. Shop front to L has half-glazed door under a tall overlight to R, and plain-glazed shop window to L, both articulated by plain pilasters with ringed capitals, supporting a dentilled cornice. East gable end is also 2-window 3-storey, with small-pane top-hung windows under segmental brick heads, except for uPVC window to upper L; ground floor has taller window to L and a blind window to R. To L, a modernised house adjoins the rear at right-angles.
Interior
Interior not seen.
Reason for designation
Listed for its retention of good consistent mid-C19 character and detail, probably associated with the Vale of Clwyd Railway. Group value with 59-61 Well Street and Railway Terrace.
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