Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Stormont Cottage
Whitford, Flintshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Carmel, Holywell, Whitford, Flintshire, designated on 3 July 2000.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 3 July 2000
- Locality
- Carmel
- Town
- Holywell
- Community
- Whitford
- Unitary authority
- Flintshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.28590, -3.24908
- Cadw reference
- 22896
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)
- 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)
- 1896 · 96 Liverpool (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
About 400m N of the main road (A5026), and fronting the E side of the lane.
History
Early C19 (c1830?) pair of cottages now single cottage, with early C20 extension at SW corner. The cottages were originally tied to neighbouring Golch Farm, which has C17 origins.
Exterior
Two-storey cottage, formerly a pair of cottages, constructed of limestone rubble under a slate roof, with rectangular stone stacks to ends (the R cottage is roughcast). Doors were originally paired at centre of building, but L door is blocked; R door is simple boarded door with cambered stone head. Outer bays have multi-pane horizontal-sliding sash windows under cambered stone heads to each floor. Each end has a single-storey lean-to extension with doorway. At SW corner, at right angles, is a C20 red brick single-storey extension. To rear, on 1st floor, are further small horizontal-sliding sash windows.
Interior
Small partition by door. Right hand room has cooking range, left hand room has cast iron fireplace. Wooden straight stairs against rear wall. Doorways to attached extensions. Cottages now interconnect through central party wall. At 1st floor level, slim stick balusters with rounded rail.
Reason for designation
Listed as a rare survival, in little altered form, of early C19 rural agricultural workers’ cottages.
Nearby in the register
- Celyn FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Holway HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- PlassauDomesticunder 1 mi
- Farm Building at Mertyn AbbotAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.