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
438
Building Number
3
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
19/08/1991
Date of Amendment
19/08/1991
Name of Property
3 (The Apple Tree)
Address
3 High Street (Heol Fawr)
Location
Unitary Authority
Flintshire
Community
Holywell
Town
Locality
Easting
318618
Northing
375885
Street Side
Location
End on to the street, midway along between Caernarvon Square and Bank Court. Once a draper's shop and known as Manchester House
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Earlier C19 (shown on 1833 map),
Exterior
3-storey, 2-window scribed render front with hipped slate roof and moulded eaves board; chimney stack cut down; 12 and 16-pane sash windows. Full width shop with deep moulded cornice and panelled pilaster to right end; central doorway. Shopfront cornice is returned around the left hand corner but the window has been blocked; tripartite small pane sash above. Cobbled passage into Ravens Court, scribed render elevation at first, 3-storey, 2-window red brick section beyond with camber headed and voussoir openings; small-pane sashes and boarded doors, one with 4-pane overlight. Steps down to 2-storeys at rear and includes infilled high and broad former cart entry; beyond is the site of the former Caernarvon Castle PH. Scribed render right hand side with some camber headed small-pane sashes; central 4-panel door with brick steps and cellar door to left.
Interior
Reason for designation
Group value.
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