Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Former Stable at Waen Presbyterian Chapel
Nantglyn, Denbighshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Waen, Denbigh, Nantglyn, Denbighshire, designated on 15 December 1998.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 15 December 1998
- Locality
- Waen
- Town
- Denbigh
- Community
- Nantglyn
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.14797, -3.49912
- Cadw reference
- 20985
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesNational Library of ScotlandLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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)
- 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)
- 1963 · Map No. 34 - Local Government Commission for Wales : [Definitive maps showing proposed… (National Library of Scotland)
Cadw's description
Location
On the roadside immediately to the W of Waen Presbyterian Chapel, and with the chapel graveyard to its R and rear; adjoining the rubble cemetry wall to the W. The building is set gable-end into the slope of a hill.
History
Small stable block built c1811 to serve the original chapel and retained when this was remodelled in 1862.
Exterior
Rectangular stable block of rubble construction (partly-whitened) under a corrugated iron roof. The front gable, facing the road, has a segmentally-arched entrance to the R with boarded door and renewed wooden frame. A further segmental opening, in the upper gable, is blocked. The R (E) side has a small square light to the L, with timber lintel and frame; 2 vertical ventilation slits to the loft floor. The rear gable has an upper entrance with boarded door and wooden frame.
Interior
Single bay interior with boarded loft; roughly-scantled purlins.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as an early C19 stable associated with the adjacent chapel.
Group value with other listed items at Waen.
Nearby in the register
- Telephone Call-boxCommunicationsunder 1 mi
- Waen Presbyterian Chapel and School HallReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Parish Church of St JamesReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Barn Range to the W of GlasmorAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.