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
452
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
19/08/1991
Date of Amendment
19/08/1991
Name of Property
The King's Head PH
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Flintshire
Community
Holywell
Town
Locality
Easting
318680
Northing
375777
Street Side
Location
Detached to left, at the top (SE) end of the street by Victoria Square.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Earlier C19; late-Georgian
Exterior
3-storey, 3-window painted pebbledash front with plinth and cemented band courses (one stone) below sills. Hipped platform slate roof with bracketed and boarded eaves; red brick chimney stacks. Horned 9-pane sashes to 2nd floor, 12-pane to 1st floor centre flanked by tripartite small pane windows with panelled aprons; channelled ground floor with segmental headed windows and similar aprons (boarded up at time of inspection - April 1990). Broad central porch with parapet pierced with round arched openings; paired pilasters flank entrance with half-glazed double doors and sidelights; glazed sides to porch. PH sign to 1st floor left of centre. 3-bay left side elevation with similar 9 and 12-pane sash windows; right hand windows (near front) blocked up and those on ground floor boarded up. Stepped down is a 2-storey, 3+2-window cross range along which bandcourse is continued in cement; similar detail.
Interior
Reason for designation
Group value.
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