Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Stable and Coach-house at Westminster House
Northop, Flintshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 15 August 2001
- Locality
- Northop
- Town
- Mold
- Community
- Northop
- Unitary authority
- Flintshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.20709, -3.13374
- Cadw reference
- 25686
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1795 "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).
Cadw's description
Location
The stable is to the L of Westminster House and faces E into a small yard. It is a lean-to against the end of no. 11 High Street.
History
Stable with bay for carriage, which appears to be contemporary with house, mid-C19.
Exterior
Single-storey lean-to of snecked dressed sandstone under a slate roof with raised stone copings and kneelers. Double planked doors to R of centre. Former stable to L with single boarded door and window with vertical timber struts and boarding to far L. Single boarded door to R of carriage entrance, beyond which is a later unit, built of sandstone with truncated brick end stack. It has a planked door to L and window to R. No openings to S end facing High Street.
Interior
No access to interior at time of inspection.
Reason for designation
Listed as a small mid-C19 stable and coach-house retaining its character, and for group value with Westminster House.
Nearby in the register
- Westminster HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Westminster BuildingsDomesticunder 1 mi
- Northop Social Club, Grosvenor HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Glyndwr HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.