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.
Date of Designation
19/07/2002
Date of Amendment
19/07/2002
Name of Property
Caerwys Pinfold
Unitary Authority
Flintshire
Location
Fronting the road approximately 40m W of the junction with North Street.
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
History
Erected in the third quarter of the C19 and used to impound stray animals after fairs and markets until they were claimed by their owners.
Exterior
An open rectangular compound of rubble stone with larger dressed quoins and added rubble cock-and-hen coping. The front has a segmental-headed doorway with keystone and rock-faced voussoirs and replaced boarded door. It is flanked by narrow slits. The side walls each have 3 similar narrow slits, with wide embrasures.
Reason for designation
Listed as a rare-surviving building type representing the former importance of Caerwys as a market town.
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