Mostyn Hall is a large house standing in 25 acres (10 hectares) of garden near the village of

Mostyn Mostyn is a village and Community (Wales), community in Flintshire, Wales, and Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom, electoral ward lying on the estuary of the River Dee, Wales, River Dee, located near the town of Holywell, Flin ...

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, Wales. It is designated by

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as a Grade I

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History

It is not known for how long a building has been present on the site, but the great hall is thought to have been built by 1470. The house was substantially upgraded in 1631-2 by Roger and Mary Mostyn, descendants of Ieuan Fychan, whose grandson had adopted the Mostyn surname. Since 1660 the hall has been the seat of the Mostyn Baronets, and since 1831, of the barons Mostyn. In the 1840s the 1st Baron Mostyn commissioned architect Ambrose Poynter to remodel the house, which was carried out mainly in 1846–47 in a

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style inspired by the pre-existing building. Porth Mawr is a former Tudor gatehouse block to the south west of the house which dates from 1570. Ornamental entrance gates leading to the house were designed in early 18th-century

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style by the

Chester Chester is a cathedral city in Cheshire, England, on the River Dee, Wales, River Dee, close to the England–Wales border. With a built-up area population of 92,760 in 2021, it is the most populous settlement in the borough of Cheshire West an ...

architect John Douglas and constructed by James Swindley in 1896. The hall is still in the hands of the Mostyn family. Since 2014 it has been open to the public on a limited number of days in the year.

Architecture and description

Listing designations

Mostyn Hall is listed Grade I, the highest grade, as is Porth Mawr. A number of barns and agricultural buildings on the Mostyn Estate are listed Grade II* including the

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and attached range, a barn to the north-east, another to the north-west, and a farm range to the south-west. A house, and

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are listed at Grade II, as are John Douglas's gates. On the wider estate, listed structures include an icehouse, the walled garden, and a gamekeeper's cottage. At the estate's perimeter, a number of lodges and their associated gates and railings all have Grade II listings including Drybridge Lodge, Ivy House, Penlan Lodge, and Seaview Lodge. The gardens are listed as Grade II* in the

Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales The Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales is a heritage register of significant historic parks and gardens in Wales. It is maintained by Cadw, the historic environment service of the Welsh Government and ...

Gallery

Mostyn Hall, rear view.jpg, rear view Mostyn Hall.jpg, Mostyn Hall. c.1781 Wales mostynhall 2014-05-16.jpg, Porth Mawr Wales mostynhall 2014-05-07.jpg, Mostyn Hall gates Drybridge Lodge, Mostyn (geograph 4166353).jpg, Drybridge Lodge Mostyn sketch 02559.jpg, Sketch of the courtyard at Mostyn before the house was remodelled in the 1840s

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Buildings and structures completed in 1470 Houses completed in the 15th century Houses completed in 1632 Grade I listed buildings in Flintshire Grade II* listed buildings in Flintshire Houses in Flintshire Grade I listed houses in Wales John Douglas buildings Country houses in Wales Registered historic parks and gardens in Flintshire