Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Terrace on N side of Talacre Abbey
Llanasa, Flintshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Talacre, Llanasa, Flintshire, designated on 30 April 2001.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
- Date of designation
- 30 April 2001
- Locality
- Talacre
- Community
- Llanasa
- Unitary authority
- Flintshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.33975, -3.34681
- Cadw reference
- 25101
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 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)
Cadw's description
Location
On the N side of the house.
History
Talacre Abbey was built 1824-9 by Thomas Jones, architect, for Sir Edward Mostyn, on the site of an earlier house. The arcaded terrace is an integral component of the original house. It was necessitated by the steep fall of the ground on the N side of the house and was reached by French doors in the drawing room, dining room and conservatory to provide views over the Dee Estuary.
Exterior
A raised ashlar terrace on an arcade of Tudor arches. The N side is 5 buttressed bays, and is wrapped around the NW angle of the house by means of a 7-sided buttressed and arcaded projection in front of the conservatory. The parapet has moulded saddleback coping and opposite the conservatory doorway is a corbelled pinnacle to the outer parapet face, but cut down (or left unfinished). Stone steps on the S side of the conservatory lead to the wall walk enclosing the service courtyard at the rear of the house. On the NE side the terrace continues to a quarter turn steps in 2 flights (leading to the garden), at the base of which are terminal octagonal piers with bell-shaped capitals.
Reason for designation
Listed as an integral component of the house.
Nearby in the register
- Talacre AbbeyReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Fountain and associated rockwork at Talacre AbbeyGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Garden steps on N side of Talacre AbbeyGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Walls enclosing service yard at Talacre Abbey, with steps to gardenGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.