Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
553
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
13/01/1987
Date of Amendment
31/01/2002
Name of Property
Beehive Pigsty at Peacock Farm
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Flintshire
Community
Halkyn
Town
Holywell
Locality
Rhes-y-cae
Easting
318729
Northing
371034
Street Side
Location
On the W side of the house, which is reached by a track and is 150m NNE of the parish church.
Description
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Period
History
Exterior
A late C18 or early C19 oval animal shelter construction to ancient corbelled technique, comprising rubble stone walls and vault. The top is partly missing. A low entrance on the S side has a stone lintel (a former timber shutter is missing). Small opening at rear. Well-preserved interior with lower earth floor.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a rare surviving example in N Wales of a once common agricultural building type.
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