Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Old Vicarage
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
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 19 August 1991
- Community
- Holywell
- Unitary authority
- Flintshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.27585, -3.22297
- Cadw reference
- 492
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
Set in the slope above Plas Dewi to S of the St James' Parish Church. Red brick forecourt wall with low cast-iron railings; gated entry uphill with panelled gate piers.
History
Built in 1760 on the site of the previous vicarage; cost £400, paid by Thomas and John Barker, agents to the Gadlys smelting company.
Exterior
Georgian 2-storey, 5-bay red brick front; slate roof with red brick end chimney stacks. small-pane sash windows, all 12-pane except that to ground floor left which is 16-pane; all with lintels and emphasised keystones; 1st floor windows (one horned) arranged in 2+1+2-manner. Gable parapets with quarter-round kneelers. There is evidence on the front of alterations - see outline of a gable around the left hand window; late C18 view also shows 3-dormers and ground floor shutters. Central entrance with modern bracket pediment; Georgian lugged architrave to 6-panel door with octagonal and hexagonal panels and 4-pane overlight (similar doors on Nos 44 and 46 opposite). Small-pane sashes and 1-casement to uphill gable 2-tripartite small-pane sashes to downhill gable with outhouse. Off centre door to rear.
Reason for designation
Group value with Nos 44 and 46.
Nearby in the register
- 46 Well StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- 44 Well StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- Presbytery at Catholic Church of St WinefrideReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- St Winefride's Roman Catholic ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.