Dedwyddfa
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Dedwyddfa is a house in Bryn Goodman, Ruthin
Ruthin
Ruthin is a community and the county town of Denbighshire in north Wales. Located around a hill in the southern part of the Vale of Clwyd - the older part of the town, the castle and Saint Peter's Square are located on top of the hill, while many newer parts of the town are on the floodplain of...

, Denbighshire
Denbighshire
Denbighshire is a county in north-east Wales. It is named after the historic county of Denbighshire, but has substantially different borders. Denbighshire has the distinction of being the oldest inhabited part of Wales. Pontnewydd Palaeolithic site has remains of Neanderthals from 225,000 years...

, Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

. It is a Grade II listed building dated 1886 built for the Cornwallis-West family of Ruthin Castle. Its design is attributed to the Chester
Chester
Chester is a city in Cheshire, England. Lying on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales, it is home to 77,040 inhabitants, and is the largest and most populous settlement of the wider unitary authority area of Cheshire West and Chester, which had a population of 328,100 according to the...

 architect John Douglas
John Douglas (architect)
John Douglas was an English architect who designed about 500 buildings in Cheshire, North Wales, and northwest England, in particular in the estate of Eaton Hall. He was trained in Lancaster and practised throughout his career from an office in Chester, Cheshire...

. It is one of a pair of houses, the other being Coetmor
Coetmor
Coetmor is a house in Bryn Goodman, Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales. It is a Grade II listed building dated 1886. It was built for Col. Cornwallis-West and was designed by the Chester architect John Douglas. The house was originally named Elm Villa and later Coetmor, the surname of subsequent...

which was definitely designed by Douglas. Both houses had large gardens, and were well placed for access to the railway.

It is described as "a fine example of the Domestic revival style" ..."retaining good character and detail".
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