Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
25255
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
25/05/2001
Date of Amendment
25/05/2001
Name of Property
Cart-Shed at Plas Uchaf
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Flintshire
Community
Whitford
Town
Holywell
Locality
Plas Uchaf
Easting
313941
Northing
379264
Street Side
Location
The rear of the building runs alongside the road, whilst the front faces E into the farmyard. The house is on the opposite side of the road to the W.
Description
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Period
History
Not marked on a Mostyn estate map of 1742, but shown on the Whitford Tithe map of 1846-9. There was formerly an adjoining range to the N, now surviving as a boundary wall to the road.
Exterior
Four-bay cart-shed with loft over, constructed of rubble stone with brick to front, under an original graded slate roof, and with a crow-stepped gable to S. Wide cart bays with depressed arches and brick piers. Open corrugated lean-to over L arch, the opening partly blocked. Four openings to upper storey symmetrically arranged over arches. The pair to the R are 2-light with shutters; the opening to their L is blocked with brick, beneath which is an infilled rectangular recess. The opening to the far L is 2-light with glazing bars. Shadow of an infilled opening with segmental head to N gable end. External stone staircase to S gable end leading to a planked door under a segmental brick head. The rear has a pair of 2-light loft openings with shutters. Butt joint to R of centre.
Interior
No access to interior at time of inspection.
Reason for designation
Listed as a prominent well-preserved farm-building in an estate context and for group value with Plas Uchaf.
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