Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Well at Top y Fron
Connah's Quay, Flintshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Kelsterton, Deeside, Connah's Quay, Flintshire, designated on 26 August 2005.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- No class recorded
- Date of designation
- 26 August 2005
- Locality
- Kelsterton
- Town
- Deeside
- Community
- Connah's Quay
- Unitary authority
- Flintshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.22072, -3.09024
- Cadw reference
- 85267
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
Built into a boundary wall fronting Kelsterton Lane. Top y Fron Farm is set down below the wall, whilst Top y Fron Hall is opposite.
History
C18-19 well. Marked on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey of 1870.
Exterior
Set into a stone boundary wall fronting the lane, the wall also a retaining structure with Top y Fron Farm set down below. The well has a stone-arched opening to the front, the keystone missing but apparently visible inside the structure; the arch is heavily covered in vegetation. To the rear, the well-shaft is semi-circular and constructed of brick, and is built against the retaining wall. The retaining wall is battered to the rear.
Reason for designation
Listed as a well structure retaining its architectural character, notwithstanding its poor condition, and conspicuous due to its roadside location.
Nearby in the register
- Outbuilding including former stables, Top y Fron HallNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Multi-purpose Farm Building, Top y Fron FarmNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Top y Fron HallDomesticunder 1 mi
- Kitchen Garden Walls at Top y Fron HallNo class recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.