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
85259
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
26/08/2005
Date of Amendment
26/08/2005
Name of Property
Kitchen Garden Walls at Top y Fron Hall
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Flintshire
Community
Connah's Quay
Town
Deeside
Locality
Kelsterton
Easting
327351
Northing
369829
Street Side
E
Location
Adjoining the E side of Top y Fron Hall.
Description
Broad Class
Period
History
The lean-to service range off the W side of the garden is shown on the Tithe map of 1839, but the garden walls themselves are not marked.
Exterior
Square kitchen garden enclosed by brick walls with flat stone copings. Two entrances: that to N end of E wall has segmental-headed doorway, that to E end of S wall has timber lintel and door-frame. The S wall projects to the E with a further doorway with flat-arched head and keystone, leading to a garden path. It also projects to the W and contains a doorway and steps leading down to the kitchen yard; it terminates at the stable block. The W boundary of the garden is partly formed by the house, but also by an adjoining stone wall, possibly earlier. This is surmounted by a brick wall, off which is a lean-to former service range to the house. The stone section contains a former opening with segmental head, now blocked with stone, whilst the brick section contains a small 3-pane window to R with segmental head, and butt joints to L; buttressed brick chimney to L, relating to former potting sheds. The lean-to range is of brick under a slate roof, with central boarded door flanked by 2-light casements; set back section to L, adjoining house, with boarded door and casement. Exterior of S garden wall has buttresses and a lean-to green-house, probably later. Former cold frames against exterior E side.
Interior
Interior of lean-to range has walls mainly of stone, with traces of fireplace to rear R angle.
Reason for designation
Listed as well-preserved kitchen garden walls with associated structures, and for group value with Top y Fron Hall.
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