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6 (Exchange House)

Holywell, Flintshire, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Holywell, Flintshire, designated on 19 August 1991.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of 6 (Exchange House), Holywell, Flintshire, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation
Listed building, Grade II
Broad class
Commercial
Date of designation
19 August 1991
Community
Holywell
Unitary authority
Flintshire
Country
Wales
Coordinates
53.27414, -3.22317
Cadw reference
442

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)

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Cadw's description

Stepped up from neighbouring properties close to corner with Cross Street.

Dated 1702; late-Georgian remodelling (probably mid C19).

3-storey, 3-window scribed render front; rusticated quoins, with vermiculated ornament above fascia level. Steep hipped slate roof with unusually deep moulded timber cornice; formerly had central chimney stack. Small-pane sash windows with vermiculated architraves, figureheads to keystones on 1st floor and brackets below cornice on 2nd floor; small lower sashes to 1st floor with glazing bars removed. Datestone to centre. Modern shop fronts. Rubble left hand side and red brick with further small-pane sash windows.

Interior altered

Listed for its prominence in the High Street and for its 1702 origins.
Group value.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Designated Historic Asset GIS Data, The Welsh Historic Environment Service (Cadw), 2026-09-07, licensed under the Open Government Licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ Cadw, the Welsh Historic Environment Service · Open Government Licence v3.0
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