Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
507
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
26/07/1951
Date of Amendment
19/08/1991
Name of Property
Betnea
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Flintshire
Community
Holywell
Town
Locality
Greenfield
Easting
319442
Northing
377546
Street Side
Location
Set back slightly from the road; detached
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
ca 1800
Exterior
2-storeys with single storey wings. Red brick with hipped slate main roof and broad brick chimney stack. Symmetrical front with plinth and sill band; 12-pane sash windows, taller to ground floor. Tall arched central entrance with voussoirs and fine traceried fanlight; sidlights and 6-panel door. Stepped forward slightly are the flanking wings, possibly originally coach-houses. Gables to the front given simple pediment treatment with ornamental diamond motifs; tall arched recesses to each. Tiled roof to left wing with 3-window side elevation including sashes and central entrance.
Slate roof to right wing with modern windows and attached monopitch range.
Similar to rear.
Interior
Altered interior retains simple Georgian curved staircase.
Reason for designation
Listed as a particularly fine building of its kind, demonstrating the importance and prosperity of Greenfield in late C18/early C19.
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