Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Dovecot at Plas Onn
Nercwys, Flintshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Nercwys, Flintshire, designated on 12 December 1994.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 12 December 1994
- Locality
- Nercwys
- Community
- Nercwys
- Unitary authority
- Flintshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.14512, -3.15565
- Cadw reference
- 15237
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Location
Located in a field 0.2 Km behind Plas Onn, off the lower Nercwys- Gwerymynydd road.
Exterior
A 2-storey rectangular dovecot of C18 date and originally serving Plas Onn. Rubble-built with a hipped slate roof. Wide segmental- arched opening to N face and later (early C19) oculus to E face with brick voussoirs. The interior contains a complete set of plastered nesting niches, 10 to a tier and with 15 tiers, each with a cill beneath. Part-stone part-(later) brick floor.
Reason for designation
Listed as a fine example of an C18 dovecot.
Nearby in the register
- Teh BarnAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Barn at Hendra IsaAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Hay Barn at Plas HendreAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Plas HendreDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.