Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
26770
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
19/07/2002
Date of Amendment
19/07/2002
Name of Property
Caerwys Pinfold
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Flintshire
Community
Caerwys
Town
Locality
Caerwys
Easting
312794
Northing
373037
Street Side
N
Location
Fronting the road approximately 40m W of the junction with North Street.
Description
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Period
History
Erected in the third quarter of the C19 and used to impound stray animals after fairs and markets until they were claimed by their owners.
Exterior
An open rectangular compound of rubble stone with larger dressed quoins and added rubble cock-and-hen coping. The front has a segmental-headed doorway with keystone and rock-faced voussoirs and replaced boarded door. It is flanked by narrow slits. The side walls each have 3 similar narrow slits, with wide embrasures.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a rare-surviving building type representing the former importance of Caerwys as a market town.
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