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
85263
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
26/08/2005
Date of Amendment
26/08/2005
Name of Property
Outbuilding including former stables, Top y Fron Hall
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Flintshire
Community
Connah's Quay
Town
Deeside
Locality
Kelsterton
Easting
327323
Northing
369845
Street Side
E
Location
Located to the SW of Top y Fron Hall.
Description
Broad Class
Period
History
Two ranges aligned end-to-end and facing N into a yard. The W end fronts the road, the E end joined by a projection of the kitchen garden walls. The E range was built between 1839 and and 1870.
Exterior
The stable block to W is a lofted range with shallow pitched roof, hipped to R end. Constructed of brick under a slate roof with segmental-headed openings. Entrance offset to L of centre with boarded door, above which is a gabled dormer with slate-hung sides containing a boarded loft hatch. Entrance flanked by wooden windows, with boarding behind vertical wooden slats, and 4-pane lights above. Further boarded door to L, possibly to a former tack room. To the R end is a wide carriage bay, now with boarded sliding door. The W end is incorporated into a brick boundary wall fronting the road. Smaller range to rear, only the pitched roof and a small brick ridge stack visible.
Adjoining the E end of the stable block is a lower single-storey range. It is of brick under a slate roof with brick ridge stack, and with raised brick copings to E gable end. The front is 2-window with 12-pane sash to L and 2-light wooden casement under segmental brick head to R; rear built into bank, skylight to roof pitch. The E end has a boarded door offset to R and a small brick block in front; a boundary wall with doorway projects towards the N and joins the house.
Interior
Interior not seen (3/3/05).
Reason for designation
Listed for group value with Top y Fron Hall.
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