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II  

Designated  

06/11/1962  

25/05/2001  

Celyn Farmhouse  

 

Flintshire  

Whitford  

Holywell  

Carmel  

316170  

376868  

N  

In Carmel village, surrounded by modern housing and with a converted outbuilding to the N. Set down below the road and built into the hillside, the entrance front facing E.  

Domestic  

 

C17 farmhouse, altered, and with earlier work incorporated. Shown on a Mostyn estate map of 1742 where it is labelled 'Kellin, Mr Jones'.  

Long 3-window front range of 2 storeys and attics constructed of rendered stone under slate roofs. Two rear wings, with further range adjoining that to N. The main range has a central front entrance under a segmental hood supported on brackets. Studded door in flat-headed doorcase with pulvinated frieze and keystone, with overlight above. Tripartite multi-pane sashes flanking entrance, that to R immediately adjacent. To the far R is a covered walkway to a late C20 garage. Near-flush 8-over-8-pane hornless sash windows to 1st floor. No openings to S gable end. The N gable end of the main range has a 2-light multi-pane casement window, probably not original, within a heavy raised full-height surround. Small blocked opening in stone surround to attic storey. Lateral brick stack to rear, towards N. The S side of the SW wing has a 1st floor glazed door to the R under a flat-roofed open porch, reached by a modern walkway from the hillside. Small-pane sash to L and 2 to lower storey. Projecting stack with brick shaft to W gable end, to the L of which is a multi-pane C20 window. Short wide NW wing, said to be brick to upper storey. Inset flat-headed doorway to N side with glazed door, and C20 2-light window above. The W gable end of the NW wing has a late C20 casement window to each storey, offset to the R. Adjoining the L side of the gable end is a lower wing of one-storey-and-an-attic with brick end stack, either a secondary house or service range. To the S is a half-glazed door with sash to L and small late C20 window immediately to the R. Gabled attic dormer with 2-light casement window. Large multi-pane top-hung window to N side.  

No access to interior at time of inspection, but said to contain a Jacobean staircase with close string, turned balusters, moulded handrail and square newels; panelled doors with ornamental hinges; panelled window shutters and seats to 1st floor; and 3 stone mantels with carved keystones.  

Listed as a large C17 farmhouse with good exterior detail as a result of Georgian remodelling.