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
26786
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
19/07/2002
Date of Amendment
19/07/2002
Name of Property
Manor Court (also known as Sessions House)
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Flintshire
Community
Caerwys
Town
Locality
Caerwys
Easting
312932
Northing
372913
Street Side
S
Location
Set back from the road behind a walled garden approximately 80m E of the junction with North and South Streets.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Built in 1869 (date on building) to replace an earlier magistrate's court on High Street (now known as Old Court), with the adjacent Manor House, probably originally Judges' Lodgings. The presence of a court in Caerwys was a legacy of its ancient borough status.
Exterior
A near-symmetrical 2-storey 3-window house of snecked dressed stone and slate roof with end stacks. The central doorway has a pointed head with voussoirs, double panelled doors incorporating glazed panels and strap hinges, and plain overlight. Above the doorway is a freestone tablet recording the building of the sessions house in 1869. Windows have wedge lintels and stone sills and incorporate wood-framed casements. In the lower storey are a 3-light window to the L and 2-light window to the R, both with transoms. The upper storey has 2-light windows. The 2-window L gable end has a cross window lower L and a small window further L. Behind is a rear wing. In the upper storey is an enlarged window L and a 2-light window to the R. Behind is a single-storey rear wing.
Interior
Not inspected.
Reason for designation
Listed for its social-historical interest and as a well-detailed C19 public building that contributes to the historic character of the town.
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