Walled garden at Gyrn Castle, Llanasa, Flintshire

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.3231 / 53°19'23"N

Longitude: -3.3355 / 3°20'7"W

OS Eastings: 311143

OS Northings: 381521

OS Grid: SJ111815

Mapcode National: GBR 5Z40.PG

Mapcode Global: WH769.QQWS

Plus Code: 9C5R8MF7+7R

Entry Name: Walled garden at Gyrn Castle

Listing Date: 30 April 2001

Last Amended: 30 April 2001

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 25105

Building Class: Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces

ID on this website: 300025105

Location: On the SW side of the house.

County: Flintshire

Community: Llanasa

Locality: Gyrn Castle

Traditional County: Flintshire

Tagged with: Walled garden

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History

The present Gyrn Castle was built for John Douglas, a Holywell cotton manufacturer, in the period 1817-24, and was an enlargement of an earlier house. After Douglas died in 1839 the house was purchased by Sir Edward Bates, a Liverpool merchant and ship owner, who was responsible for most of the outbuildings, including the walled garden. The walled garden was built in the third quarter of the C19 and is first shown on the 1871 Ordnance Survey. It 1890 it was known as the Melon Yard.

Exterior

A long narrow garden on a S-facing sloping site, the N wall being higher than the S wall, and the W side narrower than the E. Of embattled rubble stone walls, except the curving SW end which has no battlements and is probably earlier. The SW corner has a polygonal castellated turret, L of which is the segmental-headed doorway. This has a replaced door with vertical ribs. The internal N wall is buttressed. On its outer NE side is an added projection. A former garden terrace was built against the outer S wall.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as a well-preserved C19 walled garden, and for group value with Gyrn Castle and other associated listed items.

External Links

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Walled garden at Gyrn Castle

A Grade II Listed Building in Llanasa, Flintshire