Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Series of 10 Carved Stone Heads Set into a Garden Wall at Tan-Y-Coed
Mold, Flintshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 30 March 1987
- Community
- Mold
- Unitary authority
- Flintshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.16989, -3.14657
- Cadw reference
- 369
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
Set into wall in front of the house below Bailey Hill and opposite the Cottage Hospital.
Exterior
Assortment of styles and periods. 8 human heads (one double), a horned ram and a block featuring a sow from the late C15 string course on the Parish Church. Origin of other sculptures unknown but could be from the medieval church tower demolished in 1768, or possibly were removed during scott's work on St Mary's in 1856.
Nearby in the register
- Pendref, Wesleyan Methodist ChapelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- The Bailey Hill, MoldMotte and Baileyunder 1 mi
- 110 High StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- 108 High StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.