Tithe Barn House, St. Asaph (Llanelwy), Denbighshire

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.2563 / 53°15'22"N

Longitude: -3.4455 / 3°26'43"W

OS Eastings: 303661

OS Northings: 374233

OS Grid: SJ036742

Mapcode National: GBR 4ZCS.VD

Mapcode Global: WH76N.1DJZ

Plus Code: 9C5R7H43+GQ

Entry Name: Tithe Barn House

Listing Date: 24 November 1987

Last Amended: 24 November 1987

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 1471

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300001471

Location: On W side of the Great Yard to the former Bishop's Palace, opposite the lodge and with gable end to the street.

County: Denbighshire

Community: St. Asaph (Llanelwy)

Community: St. Asaph

Built-Up Area: St Asaph

Traditional County: Flintshire

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History

Late C17/early C18 with possible C16 origins, later alterations and modern conversion to house ca 1980.

Exterior

Mainly single-storey 12-bay largely flemish bond brick front, broader to 4 northernmost bays. Slate roof with pronounced undulation, exposed wall plate; gable parapets with quarter round kneelers brick chimney stack to rear verge towards s end. 2-storey at slightly advanced N end with former coach entrance now recessed modern door. Modern brick garage extension forward at S end. Modern small pane windows with cambered brick voussoirs; boarded doors. 1-storey and attic gable end to street with band course to ground floor around N end of rear; modern dormers beyond.

Interior

Interior relatively unaltered during conversion. Full-height open entrance hall with A-frame roof construction, 2-tier purlins and square panelled timber framed dividing end wall to right, modern minstrels gallery; timber plaque dated TD: 1567 (? standing for Thomas Davies - Bishop 1561-1573) over opening into passage that runs along the front. Drawing room retains unusual curved struts and modern fireplace made of stone said to be from flint castle.

Reasons for Listing

Included for group value with the Old Palace and listed outbuildings.

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Other nearby listed buildings

II Lodge & Gatepiers at driveway to the Old Palace
At right angles to the bottom of the street with the main drive to left and Great yard to right.
II Palace Gardens
Detached at end of cobbled Great Yard, reached off the bottom of the High Street.
II Mary Short Memorial Drinking Fountain
At the roadside at the east end of the bridge.
II Sundial in the Churchyard to St .Kentigern & St .Asaph Parish Church
Set in centre of churchyard to SW of the church.
II Railings & Boundary Walls to St. Kentigern & St. Asaph Parish Church
At the bottom of the High Street, enclosing the irregular churchyard.
II* The Old Palace
Situated below the Cathedral to E on sloping site. Reached by drive near the bottom of the High Street; wooded grounds to W
II Greengrocer's Shop
Set into the slope at the bottom of the street, detached to the right and including the former Old Bank Buildings forward to the left; formerly a brewery.
II The Barrow Arms P.H.
Set into the slope near the bottom of the street, detached to left.

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Tithe Barn House

A Grade II Listed Building in St. Asaph (Llanelwy), Denbighshire