Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Stable at Black Lion Farm
Halkyn, Flintshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Rhes-y-cae, Holywell, Halkyn, 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
- Rhes-y-cae
- Town
- Holywell
- Community
- Halkyn
- Unitary authority
- Flintshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.22595, -3.21346
- Cadw reference
- 26163
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)
- 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
In the yard on the W side of the house.
History
A mid C19 stable belonging to the former Black Lion Inn, first shown on the 1870 Ordnance Survey. In 1903 it was said to have 3 stalls.
Exterior
A stable of rubble stone and graded slate roof. Facing the yard are 2 boarded doors under segmental heads on the L side. The R side is higher, has a single boarded door under segmental head and small window to its L renewed under an original segmental head. The R gable end has a corrugated lean-to, above which is a replaced loft window under a wooden lintel. The rear has a loft opening to the L and 2 doorways to the centre and R.
Reason for designation
Listed as part of a visual group with the house, retaining strong vernacular character.
Nearby in the register
- Black Lion FarmDomesticunder 1 mi
- The Stores HouseCommercialunder 1 mi
- Bryn IdrisDomesticunder 1 mi
- Christ ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.