Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
East Range of Farmyard Buildings at Plas Kinmel
Abergele, Conwy, Wales
A Grade II* listed building in Plas Kinmel, Abergele, Conwy, designated on 5 August 1997.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II*
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 5 August 1997
- Locality
- Plas Kinmel
- Town
- Abergele
- Community
- Abergele
- Unitary authority
- Conwy
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.27633, -3.53045
- Cadw reference
- 18709
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesNational Library of ScotlandDavid 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 · 95 Rhyl (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1963 · Map No. 36 - Local Government Commission for Wales : [Definitive maps showing proposed… (National Library of Scotland)
Cadw's description
Location
Plas Kinmel stands at the E at the bottom of Primrose Hill, N of St George village. The East Range encloses the large stock yard of which the house forms the SW corner.
History
Plas Kinmel was designed as a model farm in 1866-7 for H R Hughes of Kinmel, employing a foremost architect, W E Nesfield, who had, unusually, previously designed and detailed farm buildings in Lancashire and Derbyshire.
Exterior
Of limestone rubble with steeply pitched slate roofs. Ventilated slat openings with 4 glazed lights over, spaced to light the various animal houses. Stable doors with purpose designed ironmongery. An open droveway at the S end leads through the range to the Piggery (q v).
Reason for designation
Included at Grade II* as part of the outstandingly well detailed model farm for Kinmel, designed by a foremost Victorian architect.
Nearby in the register
- Piggery at Plas KinmelAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- North Range of Farmyard Buildings at Plas Kinmel with the enclosed muck yard and entrance gate pierAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Plas KinmelDomesticunder 1 mi
- West Range of Farm Buildings at Plas KinmelAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.