About The Morning Star, Ruthin
Historic Architecture, Architecture, Interesting Places, Pubs, Restaurants, Foods, Tourist Facilities, Other Buildings And Structures
The Morning Star (or The Star Inn), Ruthin was listed as a Grade II building on 16 May 1978. It is directly opposite the Ruthin Gaol, and is claimed to be the oldest pub in Ruthin.
Early in 2010 a cache of old documents was discovered in the roof of the Morning Star. They were four very dirty, tightly screwed up bundles of papers giving detail on the business of an alehouse and on ordinary life in early Victorian Ruthin. They are about John Williams who was the last of five family members to hold the licence for the Star in the early nineteenth century.
The Star was originally built in 1639, as a lobby-entrance building with integral rear wing.