Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
19106
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
05/12/1997
Date of Amendment
05/12/1997
Name of Property
Retaining Walls flanking sunken Servants' Pathway at Hartsheath
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Flintshire
Community
Leeswood and Pontblyddyn
Town
Locality
Hartsheath
Easting
328609
Northing
360276
Street Side
NE
Location
Situated to the NW of Hartsheath Hall curving and in part forming the Ha-ha.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Probably early C19, sunken servants' pathway, constructed to allow access for servants past the main front of Hartsheath Hall without being seen from inside the house.
Exterior
Curving sunken pathway flanked by stone rubble walls, that to SE slightly higher. The pathway also acts as a Ha-ha to the adjacent parkland and runs parallel to the main driveway, around the front of the house and to the service wing. The walls run NW to a point where it meets the main drive and SE to the point where the main drive becomes a track.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a well preserved example of an unusual country-house estate feature and for group value with the other buildings on the Hartsheath Estate.
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