Gwysaney Hall, Mold, Flintshire

Gwysaney Hall, Mold, Flintshire Gwysaney Hall The property Gwysaney Hall is one of North Wales’ finest Mold, Flintshire CH7 6PA and most historic residential houses, situated in an accessible location about 8 miles from A magnificent Grade II* Jacobean the Cheshire border. At its heart is much of the mansion with breathtaking views, original Hall, built in 1603, which has seen many splendid gardens, 2 cottages, stables changes over the years, including a partial rebuild and c. 26 acres of land. in the mid 19th Century. The Hall has been in the present owner’s family for over 450 years. Mold 1.8 miles, Chester 12 miles, Liverpool 26 Gwysaney Hall stands in a superb elevated miles, Manchester 49 miles, Manchester airport location with far reaching views and is surrounded 42 miles, M6 32 miles by 26 acres of traditional gardens, formal lawns, an award-winning Pinetum, and four paddocks. 3 Halls | Drawing room | Sitting room (The To the south are views to the Clwydian Hills, and Smoking Room) | Dining room | Billiard room of Cheshire to the east. Despite its lovely rural Office | Study | Kitchen/breakfast room | Larder setting, the Hall is only 1.8 miles from the historic and pantry | 2nd Kitchen | Garden room | WC market town of Mold, which offers excellent Laundry room | 1st Floor sitting room, kitchen, everyday facilities and is home to one of Wales’ bedroom and bathroom | Lift | 13 Bedrooms leading theatres, Theatr Clwyd. There are superb Dressing room | 4 Bathrooms | Shower room communication links via the A55 linking to the Ironing room | Drying room | Linen room M56 (16 miles) and the major conurbations of 4 Attic rooms | Cellar | Basement stores and Liverpool (26 miles), Manchester (49 miles), workshop | Gardens | Pinetum | 2 Cottages Manchester Airport (42 miles) and the M6 (32 5 Stables | Garage | Workshop | In all c. miles). Additionally, there is Hawarden Airfield 26.59 acres near Chester, only 10 miles away, which services private aircraft. Chester provides direct rail links to The history London in under 2 hours. Rarely has a house had such a colourful and well documented history. Links to Rhodri Mawr The front door leads to a fine panelled reception the King of all Wales in the 9th Century and hall, which was part of the original Hall. A pair of continuous family ownership since 1550 are just stained glass doors open onto a central corridor some of the highlights. Gwysaney is recorded which gives access to much of the ground floor. in the Doomsday Book in the 9th Century and A panelled drawing room with a wide square it is believed that the first house was originally bay window at one end, gives extensive views located at Shifna Hir and the present Hall was over the adjoining parkland and beyond. The fine built on the current site in 1603 by Robert chimney piece is believed to have been created Davies. The Hall was originally designed and using material from the original sixteenth century built in a formal H shape, but the east wing staircase with two newels incorporating the cracked in 1825 and required rebuilding – the Davies-Cooke coat of arms and crest, mounted stone was used to extend the Hall to the west. by an ornamental overmantle believed to have Perhaps Gwysaney’s most notable moment come from the chapel within the original Hall. was in 1645 when the Hall was besieged and taken by Oliver Cromwell’s Roundheads. All that At the front of the Hall are the everyday remains from the scars of the battle is damage reception rooms which include a sitting room to the front door caused by a cannon ball! (The Smoking Room) with massive carved stone chimney piece, part panelled walls and a window seat, and a study with ornate carved chimney piece, both with wonderful views. The impressive dining room has a fine stone There is also a linen cupboard and a further arched recess at one end. There are doors from bathroom. The central staircase continues up the corridor to a large kitchen/breakfast room to the top floor and divides into two landings with a beamed arch opening into a secondary connected by a walk-through room, which kitchen. A stone floor, with underfloor heating, also gives access to the lift. This floor provides runs throughout the kitchen and garden room; scope for a further five bedrooms and also a pantry and larder are found just off the main has a shower room and separate WC, a drying kitchen. Beyond the dining room is a small room, ironing room and walk-in attic. There is a office, which was probably originally a staff secondary staircase down to the first floor and sitting room due to the high windows. two further sets of stairs, one leading to two former staff bedrooms and the other to a flat Also off the central corridor is a lift which runs roof from which there are superb views. to the top floor, a door to a good wine cellar, a cloakroom, a coat cupboard and stone steps At the western end of the Hall is the former staff down to a basement which houses china stores, wing, accessed directly from the ground floor a workshop and general storage areas. and comprising laundry, boiler room and garage with a sitting room/office, kitchen, bedroom Behind the reception hall is a charming inner and shower room on the first floor. Directly off hall with a magnificent stone arch to the the courtyard is a single storey building with staircase hall and also leading to the panelled separate gardeners’ WCs. billiard room/library. A staircase rises through a series of half landings dividing towards the top onto the principal landings. The central landing, accessible via the lift, leads to a large bedroom with a date stone of 1603, with a window seat overlooking the front park. The master bedroom suite is accessed through a large oak door comprising an inner landing leading to a large bedroom with imposing views of front park and The Cheshire Plains. There is an en suite bathroom, with a further door to a dressing room. Also accessed off this landing are two further bedrooms. A fourth bedroom, which is in what would have been in the original part of the Hall, has a magnificent stone chimney piece above which are found steps which would have led to the original priest hole beside the fireplace. There is an adjoining bathroom. The remaining four bedrooms are in the west wing and include two at the front of the house with lovely views, both with fireplaces. On the opposite side of the landing are stairs down to the side entrance hall, a bathroom and separate WC, the Oak bedroom, a half panelled room with views over the back garden and a second bedroom. Outside The drive leads to the back of the Hall to a parking and turning area, and there is a gravelled sweep forking along the front facade. Grass lawns lead down to the haha with views across fields and woods beyond. A gravelled path leads through the Listed wrought iron Davies gates to the east front and Chapel Garden. From a flower border and small retaining wall are dramatic views over the parkland. The Chapel Garden includes a former chapel once attached to the Hall, with original walls and stone mullioned windows and, from here, wrought iron gates lead through a Yew arch to a Rose Garden with paths, box hedges, and flower borders all enclosed by clipped hedges, stone walls and a back drop of specimen trees. A gate and path at the north of the Chapel Garden leads to a path flanked by a Yew hedge dropping down to a dramatic Water Garden on the side of the hill below the Hall. A brick path leads through woodland underplanted with shrubs and spring bulbs. A sequence of small ponds fall down the hill and the circular walk through the water gardens returns to the path and steps up to Gwysaney Hall. A wrought iron gate leads to a wide grass path through to an outstanding Pinetum with a wide variety of specimen trees including Corsican Pine, Wellingtonia, Cedar of Lebanon and hardwoods underplanted with spring bulbs. A dry earth path continues through Rhododendrons to a small gate in a stone wall with views across farmland and woodland to hills and mountains beyond. Returning back through the Pinetum via a second path one arrives at the kitchen gardens. A former walled garden, now with only one wall remaining incorporates a ménage, areas of lawn, a fenced kitchen garden, fruit cages, potting shed, two greenhouses and brick walled cold frames. An entrance through a stone wall leads to a grass courtyard flanked by Garden Cottage, Stable Cottage and through to stables and hay stores, garages and outbuildings, and a large parking area to the rear of the house flanked by flowering borders. Floorplans Main House internal area 16,961 sq ft (1,576 sq m) Garage internal area 281 sq ft (26 sq m) Total internal area 17,242 sq ft (1,602 sq m) Quoted Area Excludes 'External Courtyard & Store' Garden Room Game 5.45 x 4.34 Larder 17'11" x 14'3" (Maximum) Billiards Room/ Larder Pantry Library Inner Hall 6.26 x 2.56 4.25 x 4.15 20'6" x 8'5" 13'11" x 13'7" Kitchen/Breakfast Room Stair Hall 6.22 x 6.04 6.15 x 4.85 Courtyard 20'5" x 19'10" Store 20'2" x 15'11" Outer Kitchen (Maximum) China Store 4.20 x 3.10 4.25 x 4.19 13'9" x 10'2" 13'11" x 13'9" W.C.

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