Introduction
Talacre has the remains of extensive early-19th-century pleasure grounds and plantations set in a small landscape park. Terraces behind the house contain an unusual and quite well-preserved artificial rockwork grotto and a folly tower. There is an 18th-century banqueting house set in the kitchen garden wall.
- Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
Telephone
01443 336000Website
http://www.cadw.wales.gov.uk/
- Associated People
- Features & Designations
Designations
CADW Register of Landscapes Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales
- Reference: PGW(C)38
- Grade: II*
CADW Register of Listed Buildings in Wales
- Reference: Home Farm (Agricultural buildings to rear of stable blocks)
- Grade: II
CADW Register of Listed Buildings in Wales
- Reference: Home Farm (Stableyard)
- Grade: II
CADW Register of Listed Buildings in Wales
- Reference: Kennels and Saw Mill
- Grade: II
CADW Register of Listed Buildings in Wales
- Reference: Riding School
- Grade: II
CADW Register of Listed Buildings in Wales
- Reference: Walled garden, potting sheds
- Grade: II
Features
- Folly
- Description: The folly tower was built of brick and stone with a coating of mortar.
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- Grotto
- Description: The grotto has several chambers.
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- Banqueting House
- Description: The Palladian banqueting house had three storeys and may have been designed by Lancelot Brown. It was converted to a gardener's house in the 19th century.
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- House (featured building)
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- Key Information
Type
Estate
Purpose
Ornamental
Principal Building
Domestic / Residential
Survival
Extant
Electoral Ward
Ffynnongroyw
- References
References
- Cadw and ICOMOS UK, 'Talacre' in {Register of Landscapes, Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales: Clwyd} (Cardiff: Cadw, 1995), pp. 244-7 Register of Landscapes, Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales: Clwyd
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Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, 'Talacre Garden, Prestatyn',