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
333
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
11/06/1962
Date of Amendment
25/05/2001
Name of Property
Plas Captain Farmhouse
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Flintshire
Community
Whitford
Town
Holywell
Locality
Llyn Helyg
Easting
311076
Northing
377819
Street Side
Location
Located on the N side of a narrow lane which runs L off the A5151 to the N of Llyn Helyg.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
C17 with alterations and additions. Residence of Captain Edward Morgan, cavalier, who was shot during the Civil Wars. His grave is said to be in Llyn Helyg woods.
Exterior
Large vernacular farmhouse, roughcast over stone under a slate roof with stepped gables. Long 2-storey range with shorter parallel rear range and small range at right angles to rear. Large stepped lateral stack to front, stone stacks to L end and L of centre. The openings have segmental heads with rendered surrounds and contain multi-pane horizontal-sliding sashes. The front lateral stack is offset to the R, with the entrance to its L containing a C20 wooden door, with a tiny light to its R. Further L is a pair of 3-light windows with a 3rd to the L end. Three windows to upper storey, 2-light to L and centre, and a very narrow sliding sash to the R. No openings to R of stack. The E end is 2-gable, stepped with end stacks. Window to centre, between gables, and doorway below with flat head. The parallel rear range is short, the L gable also stepped and with a rendered end stack. It is 3-window to the lower storey, and 2-window above. All the windows are renewed 3-light multi-pane wooden casements. Small lean-to against W end of rear range with flat-headed planked door to S and window to W end. The main range has a 2-light casement to the lower storey with two 3-light casements above. Small single-storey range at right angles with end stack, probably a service unit originally, and with a shallow lean-to against the S gable end. The W gable end of the house has a C20 multi-pane window with top opening light to the gable and 2 below. The W side of the single-storey range has a garage door and a planked door to its L.
Interior
No access to interior at time of inspection, but the house is said to contain substantial stop-chamfered beams and a post and panel partition.
Reason for designation
Listed for its architectural interest as a fine example of this vernacular house-type, retaining its character and external detail.
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