Old Vicarage, Holywell, Flintshire

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.2759 / 53°16'33"N

Longitude: -3.223 / 3°13'22"W

OS Eastings: 318547

OS Northings: 376128

OS Grid: SJ185761

Mapcode National: GBR 5ZYK.1D

Mapcode Global: WH76K.GXHJ

Plus Code: 9C5R7QGG+8R

Entry Name: Old Vicarage

Listing Date: 19 August 1991

Last Amended: 19 August 1991

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 492

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300000492

Location: Set in the slope above Plas Dewi to S of the St James' Parish Church. Red brick forecourt wall with low cast-iron railings; gated entry uphill with panelled gate piers.

County: Flintshire

Community: Holywell (Treffynnon)

Community: Holywell

Built-Up Area: Holywell

Traditional County: Flintshire

Tagged with: Clergy house

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History

Built in 1760 on the site of the previous vicarage; cost £400, paid by Thomas and John Barker, agents to the Gadlys smelting company.

Exterior

Georgian 2-storey, 5-bay red brick front; slate roof with red brick end chimney stacks. small-pane sash windows, all 12-pane except that to ground floor left which is 16-pane; all with lintels and emphasised keystones; 1st floor windows (one horned) arranged in 2 1 2-manner. Gable parapets with quarter-round kneelers. There is evidence on the front of alterations - see outline of a gable around the left hand window; late C18 view also shows 3-dormers and ground floor shutters. Central entrance with modern bracket pediment; Georgian lugged architrave to 6-panel door with octagonal and hexagonal panels and 4-pane overlight (similar doors on Nos 44 and 46 opposite). Small-pane sashes and 1-casement to uphill gable 2-tripartite small-pane sashes to downhill gable with outhouse. Off centre door to rear.

Reasons for Listing

Group value with Nos 44 and 46.

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II NO.46 Well Street, Clwyd
Set in the slope opposite the Old Vicarage; detached to left. Good forecourt railings with latticework, round-headed gateposts.
II NO.44 Well Street, Clwyd
Set in the slope opposite the Old Vicarage; detached to the right. Good forecourt railings with latticework, round-headed gateposts.
II Presbytery at St.Winefride's Roman Catholic Church
Adjoining the right hand side of St Winefride's RC Church; set in the slope with steeply terraced gardens to rear down to New Road.
II St Winefride's Roman Catholic Church
On slopping site set back from the new road (A 5026). Presbytery to right.
II Pedestal & Statue of Christ (outside the former St. Winefride's school)
On elevated site above the road, immediately N of St Winefride's Voluntary Primary School; facing downhill and set on a high pedestal. Reached by stone steps from the pavement.
II NO.8 Well Street, Clwyd
Close to the NW end of High Street and with gable end facing modern road.
I St. Winifrides's Chapel & Well
Immediately below the Parish Church. The steeply sloping site is used to best advantage by placing the chapel over the well.
II* Parish Church of St. James
Immediately above and to E of St Winefride's Well Chapel; churchyard to S. Also reached from the lower end of Well Street.

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Old Vicarage

A Grade II Listed Building in Holywell, Flintshire