Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Mostyn Hall Ice House
Mostyn, Flintshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Mostyn Park, Mold, Mostyn, Flintshire, designated on 11 June 1962.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 11 June 1962
- Locality
- Mostyn Park
- Town
- Mold
- Community
- Mostyn
- Unitary authority
- Flintshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.31696, -3.28243
- Cadw reference
- 334
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)
- 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
Located in Mostyn Park and surrounded by trees. Close to the N corner of the farmyard which is to the W of Mostyn Hall.
History
Mostyn Hall is a large country house, the seat of the Mostyn family and its antecedents since the C15. The house, mainly of the C16 and C17, was extensively remodelled by Ambrose Poynter, architect, in 1846-7. A Tudor gate-house range is located to the SW of the house and is dated 1570. The ice-house is C18.
Exterior
Circular red brick ice-house approx 6m diameter, with domed roof which is slightly truncated and rendered. Round-arched entrance facing SE and leading to a short passage. The entrance may have been gabled originally, but some of the brickwork is missing.
Interior
The entrance passage leads to a deep brick-lined chamber with egg-shaped profile.
Reason for designation
Listed as a substantial garden structure that makes an important contribution to the historic integrity of Mostyn Park.
Nearby in the register
- North-west Range at Mostyn Hall FarmAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- North-east Barn at Mostyn Hall Farm with adjoining stable range and flanking wallAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- South-west Farm Building at Mostyn Hall FarmAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Dovecote and adjoining range at Mostyn HallAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.