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
A Grade II listed building in Mold, Flintshire, designated on 30 March 1987.
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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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
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.