Glyn Abbot is a Grade II listed building in the Flintshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 August 1991. Villa.
Glyn Abbot
- WRENN ID
- endless-copper-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Flintshire
- Constituency
- Clwyd East MP: Becky Gittins (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 19 August 1991
- Type
- Villa
- Address
- Glyn Abbot, Pen-Y-Maes, Holywell
- OS grid reference
- SJ 198 759
- Coordinates
- 53.27447, -3.20301
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Glyn Abbot is an early to mid 19th century Classical villa, likely built in the 1830s, set in its own grounds on an elevated site. It faces south across a terraced forecourt and is located near the eastern boundary of the Community Council area, approximately midway between the town centre and the coast road A 548. There is a converted stone lodge at the entry of the uphill drive.
The villa is a two-storey building with a dignified and symmetrical three-bay stucco front, featuring a pediment treatment on the advanced outer bays. It has a hipped slate roof with rendered brick chimney stacks. The first floor has 9-pane sash windows, while the ground floor features small-pane tripartite camber-headed windows. There is a sill band and a plinth. A central trellised porch with panelled double doors provides the main entrance. Small-pane sash windows are also present on the sides of the building, and it steps back at the rear with a secondary entrance on the east side.
Inside, the main entrance leads to a deep entrance hall with an open stairwell beyond. The interiors are reported to retain well-preserved contemporary details, although they were not accessible during inspections in 1990. Glyn Abbot is listed as a fine local example of a Classical small country house.
Local climate
Glyn Abbot receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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