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
553
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
13/01/1987
Date of Amendment
31/01/2002
Name of Property
Beehive Pigsty at Peacock Farm
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Flintshire
Community
Halkyn
Town
Holywell
Locality
Rhes-y-cae
Easting
318729
Northing
371034
Street Side
Location
On the W side of the house, which is reached by a track and is 150m NNE of the parish church.
Description
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Period
History
Exterior
A late C18 or early C19 oval animal shelter construction to ancient corbelled technique, comprising rubble stone walls and vault. The top is partly missing. A low entrance on the S side has a stone lintel (a former timber shutter is missing). Small opening at rear. Well-preserved interior with lower earth floor.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a rare surviving example in N Wales of a once common agricultural building type.
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