Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Former Shippon at Rosemount
Halkyn, Flintshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Halkyn, Holywell, Flintshire, designated on 31 January 2002.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 31 January 2002
- Locality
- Halkyn
- Town
- Holywell
- Community
- Halkyn
- Unitary authority
- Flintshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.23062, -3.18409
- Cadw reference
- 26152
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales
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)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 108 Flint (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 108 Flint (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
On the S side of the house.
History
Probably late C18 or early C19 and shown on the 1839 Tithe map. It probably originally belonged to nearby Lygan-y-llan farm, part of the Grosvenor Estate. The Grosvenor family owned an extensive estate and mineral rights in the Halkyn area. Halkyn Castle was built for the second Earl Grosvenor in 1824-7 and was used as an occasional residence. The Earl was later made Duke of Westminster.
Exterior
Rubble stone with slate roof. The front faces S and has 3 doorways with stone segmental heads and boarded doors, mostly replaced. A small window is inserted between the centre and R-hand doorways. Further R is a shallow projection under a catslide roof with a boarded door under a wooden lintel. The rear wall has, at the L end, a doorway infilled with blockwork, with boarded loft opening above. A pitching hole with segmental head and wooden shutter is L of centre. Further R are 2 tiers of narrow ventilation strips (part infilled) flanking another boarded loft opening.
Reason for designation
Listed as a rare surviving and well-preserved farm building from the period before C19 estate improvement that characterises much of the Halkyn district, and for group value with other associated listed items in the centre of Halkyn.
Nearby in the register
- HillsideDomesticunder 1 mi
- RosemountDomesticunder 1 mi
- Lygan y Llan Farmhouse including Forecourt Walls and RailingsDomesticunder 1 mi
- Britannia InnCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.