Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Dovecote at Foxhall Newydd including adjoining Walls
Henllan, Denbighshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Henllan, Denbighshire, designated on 24 October 1950.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 24 October 1950
- Locality
- Henllan
- Community
- Henllan
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.19555, -3.45311
- Cadw reference
- 1056
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Located a short distance to the E of Foxhall Newydd, some 250m W of Foxhall.
History
Early C17 dovecote, built to serve Foxhall Newydd, erected by John Panton, Chief Secretary to the Lord Keeper and Recorder of Denbigh between 1592 and 1608. The adjoining rubble walls basically contemporary or near contemporary, though they have been extensively repaired in recent years.
Exterior
Rectangular dovecote with gabled ends; of limestone rubble construction with chamfered plinth. The entrance faces the house ruins to the SW and there is a breach in the NE gable; small square openings to each gable.
Interior
There are tiers of nesting niches built in a grid around the interior.
Reason for designation
Listed, notwithstanding condition, for its special interest as an early C17 dovecote with associated walls.
Group value with Foxhall Newydd.
Scheduled Ancient Monument. (AM 55 RCAM 221.)
Nearby in the register
- New Foxhall Dovecotdovecoteunder 1 mi
- New Foxhall HouseHouse (domestic)under 1 mi
- Foxhall NewyddDomesticunder 1 mi
- Former Domestic Range adjoining Foxhall Newydd ruins to the SWDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.