Full Report for Listed Buildings


Summary Description of a Listed Buildings


Reference Number
493
Building Number
8  
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
13/01/1987  
Date of Amendment
19/08/1991  
Name of Property
8 Well Street  
Address
8 Well Street  

Location


Unitary Authority
Flintshire  
Community
Holywell  
Town
Holywell  
Locality
 
Easting
318547  
Northing
375985  
Street Side
 
Location
Close to the NW end of High Street and with gable end facing modern road.  

Description


Broad Class
Commercial  
Period
 

History
Probably ca 1600 with C19 remodelling; modern restoration.  

Exterior
2-storey and attic, 2-window stucco front with quoins; slate roof (raised in C19 work) and red brick chimney stack to left end. Gabled dormers, with ornamented bargeboards, rising through eaves. Horned sash windows with architraves, small-pane to upper sashes; broad shopfront, offset to left. Rubble gable end (and rear wall), eaves raised in red brick, now rendered; 2-lightly chamfered stone mullioned windows. Brick lean-to extensions at rear. .  

Interior
Shop interior retains two stop-chamfered cross beams (with ironwork supports), rubble walled cellar with front offset opening (original street doorway?) and remains of rear spiral staircase. Chimney breast within gable wall; arched staicase opening to 1st floor and dressed stone chimneypiece. 3-bay roof with reused trusses, collars, tie-beams and trenched purlins.  

Reason for designation
Listed as one of the few remaining town centre houses to retain substantial sub-medieval detail Group value with No 1  

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