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
25086
Building Number
7
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
17/02/1983
Date of Amendment
30/04/2001
Name of Property
7 Glanyrafon Cottages
Address
7 Glanyrafon Cottages
Location
Unitary Authority
Flintshire
Community
Llanasa
Town
Holywell
Locality
Glanyrafon
Easting
311757
Northing
381629
Street Side
N
Location
Glanyrafon Terrace is set back behind walled gardens on the N side of the main road through the village.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Built as estate cottages in the early C19 by John Douglas, who purchased Gyrn Castle in 1817. The entire row is shown on the 1839 Tithe map.
Exterior
Restored boarded door and horizontal-sliding sash windows. Fixed attic window.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as one of a well-preserved row of estate cottages retaining early character, and for its contribution to the historic character of Glanyrafon.
Group Description
1-11 Glanyrafon Cottages
A row of 11 single-fronted 2-storey cottages of rubble stone with barge boards, slate roof and diagonally set stone ridge stacks. Nos 1, 3 and 7 also have attic windows in gables. The openings have stone lintels with drip stones in the lower storey, and in the upper storey and attic of Nos 1, 3 and 7, while the remaining cottages have upper-storey windows beneath the eaves. The windows all have stone sills. In each cottage the window is on the L side of the doorway. Between Nos 6 and 7 is a passage at lower storey level with segmental stone arches to the front and rear walls, leading to a passage at the rear. On the R of the passage, Nos 7-11, the roof line is higher. Nos 11 and 12 have a slightly deeper plan and have pairs of diagonal stacks. The houses have rear doors and windows renewed in earlier openings.
Internally, the cottages comprise 2 rooms in the lower storey.
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