KINMEL PARK;CLARENDON SCHOOL;KINMEL HALL, BODELWYDDAN
Site Details
- NPRN
- 27395
- Map Reference
- SH97SE
- Grid Reference
- SH98107491
- Unitary (Local) Authority
- Conwy
- Old County
- Denbighshire
- Community
- Abergele
- Type of Site
- MANSION
- Broad Class
- Domestic
- Period
- Post Medieval
Site Description
Classical house see M/DES/B/DE/74/9.
Red brick construction with ashlar sandstone dressings and slate roofs. E facing main block; 2-storeys plus attic with a central pavilion of 3 storeys with attics. Narrow 2-bay outer wings. Sash windows. Large entrance hall with a smoking room to the left; main dining room at the rear; corridor leading to saloon; leading on to the library, with a neo-Elizabethan overmantle; the ballroom, which is barrel vaulted and has a oriel gallery at one end; and the drawing room at the N end. Triple arcade leading to main stairs with further triple arcade to first floor leading to the principal bedrooms. The srevice buildings are grouped around an internal courtyard at the S end. All principal rooms have lavishly detailed plaster ceilings of varying designs.
(Source CADW listed buildings database)
J Hill 13.10.2003
Associated with:
Park/gardens (Nprn86617)
Stable (Nprn37152).
RCAHMW AP965099/42-4
