Clwyd Bank is a Grade II* listed building in the Denbighshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 24 October 1950. House.
Clwyd Bank
- WRENN ID
- narrow-plinth-ivy
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Denbighshire
- Constituency
- Clwyd East MP: Becky Gittins (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 24 October 1950
- Type
- House
- Address
- Clwyd Bank, 34 Clwyd Street, Clwyd Street, Ruthin
- OS grid reference
- SJ 122 582
- Coordinates
- 53.1139, -3.313
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Clwyd Bank is a large, two-storey building with attics, located at 32 and 34 Clwyd Street, which form a group. The structure features a five-window range with a central gabled porch wing. It has a roughcast exterior over timber-framing, set on a plinth, and is topped with a slate roof that includes a central clustered brick stack. The west gable end is made of random stone and has a brick stack. On either side of the porch wing, there are high gabled attic dormers with small triangular iron-glazed windows and scalloped barge boards. The rear, which is partly visible, is roughcast and has three gabled wings; the central wing is likely from the 19th century, while the flanking wings are from the late 20th century.
No. 34 is to the left of the porch wing and features a two-window range with a central entrance. The windows are small-pane horizontal sliding sashes with margin glazing, probably from the early 19th century. The entrance has a late 20th-century half-glazed door with an overlight, situated under a gabled porch canopy supported by narrow timber posts with scalloped barge boards. There is a very small attic dormer with a two-light casement positioned between the larger dormer and the porch wing. The west gable end has a small-pane window inset to the right on the ground floor. There is a single-storey wing extending to the left, which includes a small two-light casement under a segmental head made of stone voussoirs. At the rear, there is a 20th-century gabled wing with a doorway and small-pane top-hung windows. In front of the house, adjoining the former porch wing to the right, are iron forecourt railings on a dressed stone plinth, with a single gate opposite the entrance.
The interior has a two-unit plan with 17th-century details. The living room, located inside the entrance, features a ceiling with two medium-chamfered spine beams that have ogee stops. There is a large fireplace to the left, which has been infilled with a modern fireplace. Opposite the fireplace, there is a box-framed partition with wattle and daub panels, and a former doorway to the left that has been infilled with brick. The staircase is accessed by a corridor at the rear of the living room, effectively a winding stair to the right of the fireplace. The kitchen is located in the 20th-century rear wing. The first floor has medium-chamfered spine beams and plain joists, while the attic features substantial tie-beam trusses with cambered collars. The dormers are constructed of small-scantling timber-framing, possibly from the 19th century.
Local climate
Clwyd Bank sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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