Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Hawkesbury Hall
Buckley, Flintshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Buckley, Flintshire, designated on 25 August 1982.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 25 August 1982
- Locality
- Buckley
- Community
- Buckley
- Unitary authority
- Flintshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.17240, -3.08084
- Cadw reference
- 58
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
Facing south and reached off the main road west of the common.
History
Built 1801 by Jonathan Catherall (1761-1833) an industrialist and philanthropist and a leading local non-conformist. The house was named after Lord Hawkesbury who introduced a bill into Parliment that Dissenters could register a room in their premises for worship. Catherall rode up to London immediately on horseback and registered his room as a place of Dissenting Worship, so it is one of the earliest Dissenters meeting places in North Wales. In 1811 he added a chapel.
Exterior
2 storeys, with roughcast and cement rendered elevations under a slate roof. All window openings now blocked up; formerly sashes with glazing bars. The main front has broad pilasters flanking each bay. Attached lower service ranges. In poor condition.
Interior
Inaccessible at time of inspection (March 1997). Retains some internal features including some sash windows with shutters; also evidence of original hipped roof.
Reason for designation
Listed for its early C19 origins and important historic associations with Jonathan Catherall.
Nearby in the register
- Buckley Town Council Offices and LibraryCivilunder 1 mi
- Lych Gate to St Matthew's ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- St Matthew's ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- The TivoliRecreationalunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.