Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
87332
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
30/12/2005
Date of Amendment
30/12/2005
Name of Property
Hearse House in St Mwrog's Churchyard
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Ruthin
Town
Ruthin
Locality
Llanfwrog
Easting
311331
Northing
357798
Street Side
N
Location
Located in the SW angle of the churchyard. The NW and SE corners are joined by the churchyard boundary walls, the walls continuous to the SE.
Description
Broad Class
Period
History
Dated 1835. Shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey of 1874.
Exterior
Single-storey gable-fronted range, constructed of white-washed random stone under a slate roof; the verges are supported on hollow-moulded stone kneelers. South gable end has wide entrance fronting road, with double boarded doors under a segmental head of stone voussoirs. North gable end, facing into churchyard, has single boarded door under a segmental head of stone voussoirs, above which is a pointed-arched stone surround, possibly medieval and re-used from the church; this contains a slate tablet reading '1835 / Rev. Newcome MA / Warden of Ruthin / Archdeacon Merioneth.' The churchwardens are listed below.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a rare type of ancillary church building, little-altered and retaining its early C19 character. Group value with Church of St Mwrog and associated structures.
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