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Holywell, Flintshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Holywell, Flintshire, designated on 19 August 1991.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 19 August 1991
- Community
- Holywell
- Unitary authority
- Flintshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.27436, -3.22091
- Cadw reference
- 412
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)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 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)
Cadw's description
Location
Below the road (A 5026), beside car park. Stepped in the slope
History
Mid C19 (not shown on 1833 map); modern renovation. This group of 3 houses formed the NE end (Nos 12,13 & 14) of Bank Place terrace before the new road was laid.
Exterior
Rubble 2-storey, 2-window fronts with quoins (modern to uphill end) and slate roofs with red brick chimney stacks. Off-centre doorways; the broader frontage to middle includes the former through passage doorway, stepped down. Camber-headed openings with red brick voussoirs; 9 and 12-pane sash windows; modern stable-type doors. Asymmetrical downhill gable end with 3-camber headed casement windows; altered rear.
Reason for designation
Group value with Nos 7 & 8 Bank Place.
Nearby in the register
- Funny BusinessCommercialunder 1 mi
- 8Domesticunder 1 mi
- 7Domesticunder 1 mi
- 27Commercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.