Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
15083
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
16/11/1994
Date of Amendment
16/11/1994
Name of Property
Range to rear of The Fox and Grapes PH
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Flintshire
Community
Hawarden
Town
Locality
Easting
331510
Northing
365757
Street Side
Location
On the street line.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Exterior
A second-half C17 inn, altered and extended in the C19 and C20. Lobby-entry plan, L-shaped with cross-wing to R. Medium-pitched slate roof with plain eaves. Plain central brick stack with further modern chimneys to crosswing and rear of main block. Asymmetrical rendered front with stucco quoins and moulded stucco string-course. Centrally-placed early C20 single-storey porch, gabled with tiled roof. Entrance with rusticated, arched surround with moulded abaci and keystone. Contemporary mono-pitched, tile-roofed addition to R, extruded to link with the projecting cross-wing. Flush, 18-pane tripartite window. Similar window to ground floor of the cross-gable. To the L of the porch, a flush 18-pane fixed window and a similar, though sliding window above. First-floor 12-pane sliding casement to R. C20 decorative timber framing to the cross-wing gable.
Attached to the rear: A late C18 2-storey brick stable block under a continuous shallow-pitched slate roof with dentilated eaves. 4 entrances of varying sizes, 2 with cambered heads, and 3 with contemporary wooden doors. Small, shuttered windows to upper floor. Modern garage door to L, and modern, glazed extension at junction with main building.
Interior
Large inglenook with wide, depressed-arched wooden bressumer with plain chamfer to main room. Ceiling framed in 2 ways; some original beams, plain stopped and chamfered, and one supporting beam with simple moulded stops of late C17 type.
Reason for designation
An historical inn in a prominent location within the village.
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