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The School House

Llanasa, Flintshire, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Kelston, Holywell, Llanasa, Flintshire, designated on 30 April 2001.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of The School House, Llanasa, Flintshire, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation
Listed building, Grade II
Broad class
Education
Date of designation
30 April 2001
Locality
Kelston
Town
Holywell
Community
Llanasa
Unitary authority
Flintshire
Country
Wales
Coordinates
53.33198, -3.34259
Cadw reference
25097

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1883 map "Watershed map England, Wales 3." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1885 · OS One-Inch (Hills) 1885-1903 (National Library of Scotland)
  • 1896 · 96 Liverpool (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1930 · OS Popular Edition 1919-1947 (National Library of Scotland)

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Cadw's description

Location

Approximately 1.1km N of Llanasa village on the S side of a minor road between Llanasa and Gronant.

History

Built as a Roman Catholic school in 1857 (date on building) by J. Spencer, architect of Liverpool, at the expense of Sir Pyers Mostyn of Talacre. It was symmetrically designed with detached wings housing separate schoolrooms for boys and girls, each incorporating lodgings for the teachers and nuns. The former boys' school is now The School House. The former girls's school is now St Winefrides School House, while the nuns' lodging is now St Winefrides. The playwright Emlyn Williams (1905-87) was a pupil at the school.

Interior

Not inspected.

Reason for designation

Listed for architectural interest as a fine mid C19 Gothic school and of additional interest as an early Roman Catholic school with segregated schoolrooms.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Designated Historic Asset GIS Data, The Welsh Historic Environment Service (Cadw), 2026-09-07, licensed under the Open Government Licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ Cadw, the Welsh Historic Environment Service · Open Government Licence v3.0
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