Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Coach-house and Stables to NE of Hartsheath
Leeswood and Pontblyddyn, Flintshire, Wales
A Grade II* listed building in Hartsheath, Leeswood and Pontblyddyn, Flintshire, designated on 10 April 1980.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II*
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 10 April 1980
- Locality
- Hartsheath
- Community
- Leeswood and Pontblyddyn
- Unitary authority
- Flintshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.13585, -3.06595
- Cadw reference
- 539
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
Situated in the landscape park, at end of track to NE of Hartsheath Hall.
History
Built in 1825 to the designs of Charles James Mathews as part of his improvements on the Hartsheath Estate for the Welsh Iron and Coal Mining Company. An extremely elegant building it is highly likely that the stables were constructed not only as a functional building but were also intended as an ornament within the landscape park. It is possible that the central block of the stables dates from an earlier building phase and that Mathews added the colonnade and flanking pavilions.
Exterior
L-shaped range of buildings; the range to the E being a separate later Saw Mill and cottage. Split-level stables of one and two storeys, stone with moulded stone eaves cornice and slate hipped roofs. E, front, elevation consists of central stone rubble stables fronted by 9-bay, open Greek Doric Colonnade of massive stuccoed shafts with brown stone capital mouldings. Colonnade floor of pebble sets; rear wall of coloured washed rubble. Each end of the colonnade is terminated by a higher flanking pavilion. That to the left containing the coach house, that to the right loose boxes. The end pavilions are faced partly in dressed stone; hipped slate roofs; 2 arched recesses in each front wall; in the return wall of the S pavilion there 2 more arched recesses with doors and stone blocked tympana. W, rear elevation with various windows including to upper floor a number of wooden barred openings. Stone bridge gives access to upper floor entry at S end. Range of 4 pigsties attached to yard elevation of E range.
Interior
Number of later C19 loose boxes, with iron wall feeders. 1 stall contains early C19 wooden screen with 3 arches defining individual stalls probably for hunters. Access to heated accommodation in upper floor via wooden staircase.
Reason for designation
Listed grade II* as a very good example of an architecturally distinguished and well preserved stable complex and for group value with Hartsheath Hall.
Nearby in the register
- Park Cottage to N of Coach-house and Stables at HartsheathDomesticunder 1 mi
- Ice Tunnels immediately to NE of HartsheathDomesticunder 1 mi
- Hartsheath HallDomesticunder 1 mi
- Retaining Walls flanking sunken Servants' Pathway at HartsheathDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.