Well at Top y Fron, Connah's Quay (Cei Connah), Flintshire

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.2207 / 53°13'14"N

Longitude: -3.0902 / 3°5'24"W

OS Eastings: 327304

OS Northings: 369852

OS Grid: SJ273698

Mapcode National: GBR 71.15VW

Mapcode Global: WH770.H9PR

Plus Code: 9C5R6WC5+7W

Entry Name: Well at Top y Fron

Listing Date: 26 August 2005

Last Amended: 26 August 2005

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 85267

ID on this website: 300085267

Location: Built into a boundary wall fronting Kelsterton Lane. Top y Fron Farm is set down below the wall, whilst Top y Fron Hall is opposite.

County: Flintshire

Town: Deeside

Community: Connah's Quay (Cei Connah)

Community: Connah's Quay

Locality: Kelsterton

Traditional County: Flintshire

Tagged with: Well

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History

C18-19 well. Marked on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey of 1870.

Exterior

Set into a stone boundary wall fronting the lane, the wall also a retaining structure with Top y Fron Farm set down below. The well has a stone-arched opening to the front, the keystone missing but apparently visible inside the structure; the arch is heavily covered in vegetation. To the rear, the well-shaft is semi-circular and constructed of brick, and is built against the retaining wall. The retaining wall is battered to the rear.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as a well structure retaining its architectural character, notwithstanding its poor condition, and conspicuous due to its roadside location.

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Other nearby listed buildings

II Outbuilding including former stables, Top y Fron Hall
Located to the SW of Top y Fron Hall.
II Multi-purpose Farm Building, Top y Fron Farm
The farm buildings are set down below the lane. Top y Fron Hall is on the opposite side of the lane.
II* Top y Fron Hall
Located off the E side of the lane at the top of the hill.
II Kitchen Garden Walls at Top y Fron Hall
Adjoining the E side of Top y Fron Hall.
II Cheshire Farm
Located at the end of a short track off Oakenhalt Lane, on the W edge of Connah's Quay community.
II Farm Buildings at Cheshire Farm
Located to the N of the farmhouse.
II Kelsterton Hall
Set back slightly from the road at the junction of Kelsterton Road and Kelsterton Lane.
II Plas Bellin
To W of road, approximately 900m N of crossroads with Connah's Quay Road.

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Well at Top y Fron

A Grade II Listed Building in Connah's Quay (Cei Connah), Flintshire