Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
26208
Building Number
1
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
31/01/2002
Date of Amendment
31/01/2002
Name of Property
,1,Fullbrook Villas,Halkyn,Holywell,,CH8 8BY
Address
1 Fullbrook Villas
Location
Unitary Authority
Flintshire
Community
Halkyn
Town
Holywell
Locality
Halkyn
Easting
321309
Northing
371148
Street Side
Location
Approximately 400m E of the parish church set back from a minor road E of the Britannia Inn. No 1 is on the W side of the pair.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Early C20 houses built by the Grosvenor Estate and first shown on the Ordnance Survey of 1912. The Grosvenor family owned an extensive estate and mineral rights in the Halkyn area. Halkyn Castle was built for the second Earl Grosvenor in 1824-7 and was used as an occasional residence. The Earl was later made Duke of Westminster.
Exterior
Interior
Not inspected.
Reason for designation
Listed for its contribution to the historic character of the Grosvenor Estate buildings in Halkyn village, demonstrating the neo-vernacular style favoured by the estate in the early C20, and for its contrast in size and style with earlier and humbler estate cottages.
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