Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Flint Railway Station
Flint, Flintshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Flint, Flintshire, designated on 18 July 1990.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 18 July 1990
- Community
- Flint
- Unitary authority
- Flintshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.24971, -3.13249
- Cadw reference
- 581
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
At E end of Lower Sydney Street. Station Buildings on South Platform
History
Built soon after 1845 when work commenced on the Chester and Holyhead Railway engineered by Robert Stephenson. Station and other buildings designed by Francis Thompson, architect for the line.
Exterior
Late classical, symmetrical design of 2 storeys with offices, staff and passenger facilities to ground floor, and station masters accommodation above. Five bay entrance facade of brick construction with Penmon stone dressings, all painted and rendered; outer wings flank entrance. Hipped slate roofs, tall brick stacks with heavy classical stone cornices, wide eaves; moulded cornice over ground floor. Widely spaced upper windows with heavy architraves, consoled cornices and sill brackets pushed under eaves; sashes (mainly) with original glazing bars including unusual pairing of centre bars. Armorial panel with ovoid cartouche and volutes to centre over plain canopy with ironwork brackets to entrance. Similar window treatment to ground floor, lugged margins, sunk panels to cornices and original sash glazing except to right hand wing. Low single window and slated extension with tall brick stack to left end.
Interior
5 window platform facade with similar detailing to entrance front. Original glazing and central canopy on brackets between low one-window wings to L and R.
Reason for designation
The first of Francis Thompson’s 1840s station buildings out of Chester retaining most of its original character.
Group value with engine shed.
Nearby in the register
- Railway Goods ShedTransportunder 1 mi
- Town HallCivilunder 1 mi
- 34Domesticunder 1 mi
- Unit 7No class recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.