Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
25110
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
30/04/2001
Date of Amendment
30/04/2001
Name of Property
Gateway and wall to N side of service yard at Gyrn Castle
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Flintshire
Community
Llanasa
Town
Locality
Gyrn Castle
Easting
311145
Northing
381569
Street Side
Location
On the NW side of the house.
Description
Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
Period
History
The present Gyrn Castle was built for John Douglas, a Holywell cotton manufacturer, in the period 1817-24, and was an enlargement of an earlier house. The house was subsequently bought by Sir Edward Bates, a Liverpool merchant and ship owner. The boundary wall may be contemporary with the 1817-24 house, but the gateway is clearly later, and was probably built in the third quarter of the C19. It is first shown on the Ordnance Survey of 1871.
Exterior
A castellated rubble stone wall in 2 facets, from the NW corner of the house to the E side of the main coach house and stable block. A central gateway has been inserted at an angle to the flanking walls, and has a 4-centred arch, the jambs having mainly rock-faced coursed stone. On its E side, at a lower level, is a 2-centred arch at the lower-storey level of the house.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as an integral component of the well-preserved service buildings at Gyrn Castle.
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