Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Territorial Force Association
Mold, Flintshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Institutional
- Date of designation
- 30 March 1987
- Community
- Mold
- Unitary authority
- Flintshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.16746, -3.14298
- Cadw reference
- 363
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
On the street line next to the town hall.
History
Pre-great war; by F A Roberts of mold as administrative centre for county volunteer battalions.
Exterior
2 storey red brick, 3 bay dressed stone facade with advanced central entrance bay. Medium pitch slate roof with raking gable parapets of brick, stone copings. Brick stacks with cornices and necking bands.
Moulded architrave, pulvinated frieze and dentilled cornice to entablature. Dentilled pediment over advanced bay, end pilasters with flush vermiculated bands. Central tripartite window with attached tetrastyle tuscan columns. Panel below with raised lettering - "Territorial Force Association". Flanking windows also tripartite with plain pilasters, plain sills, brick panels below. Ground floor with vermiculated rusticastion bands set on vermiculated plinth. Ovolo moulded cross windows with arched heads and vermiculated keystones. Rectangular lead cames, corbelled sills. Round arched doorway with vermiculated keystone. Panelled double doors with rectangular lead cames to fanlight.
Generally modern windows and a hip roofed modern brick extension to rear.
Reason for designation
Group value.
Nearby in the register
- Earl Buildings including Town & Country & C.WilcoxCommercialunder 1 mi
- Town HallCivilunder 1 mi
- Earl Chambers (Chester Chronicle Building)Commercialunder 1 mi
- Cambrian HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.