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Grade II* listed · Cadw

Listed 1950

Record: 832

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Grade II* listed building · Cadw

Gorphwysfa

On the list as Gorphwysfa (former Conservative Club)

Listed Grade II* since 195076 years · Grade II* is the next 7.1% of Wales’s listed buildings

HHouseCARuthin Town and Llanfwrog conservation area1950Listed

DirectionsOfficial list entry ↗

Many listed buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.

About

About Gorphwysfa

Gorphwysfa, listed as Gorphwysfa (former Conservative Club), is one of 22 Grade II* listed buildings in Ruthin and about 2,142 in Wales. It was among the first 36 buildings in Ruthin to be listed, on 24 October 1950. It stands in the Ruthin Town and Llanfwrog conservation area, designated in 1975. Within 400 metres are 3 more Grade I buildings and 159 other listed buildings.

CadwRead the official list entryCadw’s description of the building, its history and why it is listed · Record 832↗

Grade II* is for particularly important buildings of more than special interest, about 7.1% of all listed buildings in Wales. Listing protects the whole building, inside and out: changes need listed building consent from the council.

Visit

Make it a walk: 5 listed buildings in about 10 minutes

Ruthin · about 0.3 miles on foot, as the crow flies

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Farther afield

Rose CottageGrade II*0.3mi

St Mwrog & St Mary's Church, LlanfwrogGrade II*0.7mi

Ty CerrigGrade II*0.7mi Tŷ GwynGrade II*0.8mi

Around it

88 more listed buildings within 150 metres

Grade I and II* ones open their own page; Grade II ones open the official list entry.

INantclwyd House15 m II6-8 Castle Street15 m IISir John Trevor House, including N Wing21 m II9 Castle Street including forecourt railings22 m II5 & 5A Castle Street27 m IICorporation Arms Public House30 m II11 Castle Street33 m IIPlas yn Dre37 m IIBron y Gaer Mews37 m II13 Castle Street41 m IIBron y Gaer44 m II1 Upper Clwyd Street45 m IIWine Vaults Public House46 m IISiop Llyfr47 m II2 Well Street47 m II15 Castle Street48 m II14 Castle Street including forecourt railings50 m II4 Well Street51 m

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II1 Record Street52 m II2 Upper Clwyd Street58 m II2A Upper Clwyd Street58 m II*National Westminster Bank59 m II4A Upper Clwyd Street59 m II16 Castle Street61 m II4 Upper Clwyd Street62 m II*Pendref Chapel including forecourt walls & railings62 m II6 Well Street including former workshop to rear63 m IIGazebo to rear of Nantclwyd House64 m IIColomendy67 m IIBarclays Bank68 m II2-2A Record Street68 m IIGarden Walls to Nantclwyd House69 m II18 Castle Street72 m IIFormer Waterloo Club75 m IIGazebo to rear of the Coach House75 m IIBuilding on corner with Market Street (Cavendish Iken)79 m II8 Well Street79 m II5-5A Well Street86 m II*20-21 Castle Street86 m II22 Castle Street89 m IIEthel Austin and house over92 m IIHSBC Bank92 m IIPeers Monument95 m II6 Clwyd Street96 m IISouth Prior House including retaining wall and railings97 m II*Walls of former Lord's Garden at rear of Nantclwyd House98 m II7 Well Street98 m IIBoundary wall to rear garden100 m II14-14a Clwyd Street101 m II*Castle Hotel105 m II9 Well Street105 m II*Seven Eyes107 m IIAnnexe of Castle Hotel107 m IIManor House110 m II16-18 Clwyd Street110 m IIBryn Clwyd112 m II9-9A St Peter's Square112 m IICrown House113 m IIGateway & Lodge to Ruthin Castle Hotel113 m II12A St Peter's Square114 m II22 Clwyd Street115 m IICrown Cottage119 m II14 Well Street120 m II13 St Peter's Square121 m II24-26 Clwyd Street122 m IIGarden Wall to W of Colomendy and S & W of Cysgod y Castell123 m II*Ruthin Library124 m II16 Well Street124 m IIPolice Station including forecourt walls & railings.125 m IIEagle Stores125 m II11-11A126 m II14 St Peter's Square127 m II15-15A128 m IICastledene132 m IITown Hall & Market Hall132 m II33 Clwyd Street134 m II30 Clwyd Street134 m II1 Pryor Street139 m IIPost Office140 m II15 St Peter's Square141 m II*Hendy142 m II16 St Peter's Square, including churchyard boundary wall to rear145 m IIWayfarer146 m IIN.Boundary Wall to grounds of Ruthin Castle Hotel146 m II*Churchyard Gates147 m II21 Well Street147 m II35&37 Clwyd Street148 m II*Clwyd Bank149 m

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Pentre CwmDyserth · 13 mi away

The House of Correction, Cross Tree Lane (E Side)Hawarden · 13 mi away

Questions about Gorphwysfa

Is Gorphwysfa listed?

Yes. Gorphwysfa (former Conservative Club) is listed Grade II* on Cadw’s register (record 832), first listed on 24 October 1950.

Can you visit Gorphwysfa?

Many listed buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.

Is Gorphwysfa in a conservation area?

Yes, the Ruthin Town and Llanfwrog conservation area, designated in 1975.

Listed buildings: Cadw, © Crown copyright, via DataMapWales. Photos: Wikimedia Commons and Geograph, credited above, copied to our own server. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Sources: Cadw listed buildings, scheduled monuments and registered historic parks and gardens via DataMapWales, October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Cadw conservation areas via DataMapWales (October 2026). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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