Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Gatepiers at Lygan-y-wern
Halkyn, Flintshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Lygan-y-wern, Holywell, Halkyn, Flintshire, designated on 31 January 2002.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
- Date of designation
- 31 January 2002
- Locality
- Lygan-y-wern
- Town
- Holywell
- Community
- Halkyn
- Unitary authority
- Flintshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.24539, -3.19168
- Cadw reference
- 26211
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
On the E side and at the main entrance to the house.
Exterior
C19 coursed stone gate piers with pyramidal caps and ball finials.
Reason for designation
Listed primarily for their contribution to the setting of the house.
Nearby in the register
- Lygan-y-wernDomesticunder 1 mi
- Dovecote at Lygan-y-wernDomesticunder 1 mi
- Cart House and Stable at Bryn AwelAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Bryn AwelDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.