Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Gateway adjoining Hawarden New Castle to the E, with Flanking Crenellated Wales
Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Hawarden Castel Estate, Hawarden, Flintshire, designated on 16 November 1994.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 16 November 1994
- Locality
- Hawarden Castel Estate
- Community
- Hawarden
- Unitary authority
- Flintshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.18199, -3.01587
- Cadw reference
- 15014
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Historical maps covering this location
- 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)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 108 Flint (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 108 Flint (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Exterior
Gateway in castellated style, attributed to Buckler, and shown in a watercolour by him of 1819. A simplified version of a similar, contemporary gate at the entrance to the park in the centre of the village. Of uncoursed sandstone, a chamfered central archway with crenellated parapet. Flanking turrets with blind arrow slits and crenellated battlements carried on simple corbels. Glynne heraldic
shields flanking entrance on both faces. C20 timber gates. Adjoining walls return to E and merge with the service wing to W.
Reason for designation
Group value with the castle.
Nearby in the register
- BroadlaneDomesticunder 1 mi
- Hawarden Castle (New)Domesticunder 1 mi
- 75m Section of Kitchen Wall to NW of New CastleDomesticunder 1 mi
- Tea Pavilion, Hawarden Castle EstateDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.