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
26178
Building Number
1
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
31/01/2002
Date of Amendment
31/01/2002
Name of Property
1 Red Houses
Address
1 Red Houses
Location
Unitary Authority
Flintshire
Community
Halkyn
Town
Holywell
Locality
Gwysaney
Easting
322989
Northing
365257
Street Side
Location
Set back on the N side of the junction between the A 541 and Blackbrook Road.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Built in 1911 (date on building) for Philip Tatton Davies-Cooke of Gwysaney, and on the site of an earlier row of estate houses shown on the 1870 Ordnance Survey as Tai-cochion.
Gwysaney was built in 1603 but the historic character of the estate is derived principally from its redevelopment and enlargement after Philip Davies-Cooke inherited Gwysaney in 1821.
Exterior
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as well-detailed early C20 estate houses retaining strong original character, providing a contrast with the size and scale of earlier estate houses, and for their contribution to the historic character of the Gwysaney Estate.
Group Description
1-5 Red Houses
A row of 2-storey single-fronted houses in a modest vernacular style, of red brick with red tile roofs and projecting eaves. Brick ridge stacks are set back from the ends, and behind to the centre. At the ends Nos 1 and 5 are wider and form advanced gabled end bays. Boarded doors with strap hinges under overlights and segmental heads are placed to the outer sides, with segmental-headed 4-light windows to the inner sides and similar centrally-placed window in the upper storey. The windows have small panes above wooden transoms, and large panes below. Attic tablets are dated '1911' on the R side (No 1) and inscribed 'PTDC' to the L side (No 5). The 3 narrower central houses, Nos 2-4, have similar detail but the upper-storey windows are beneath gablets.
The 2-window R side wall of No 1 has segmental-headed sash windows in the lower storey, with small panes in the upper sash and large panes below, and 2-light casements in the upper storey. The L side wall of No 5 is similar.
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