Wonder of wonders.   A ring road takes traffic round Ruthin so one misses the town centre, one of the best preserved small market towns in the British Isles, with more surviving medieval town houses than I have seen close together anywhere and a still surviving medieval town plan, with views down the streets of the countryside.

This is the amazing Town Hall designed by Poundley and Walker (the Companion Guide says ‘who else ?’ as if one should easily recognise their work):-

The County Hall next door:-

And some details – not enough – from the streets round the marketplace:-