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Hope Hall was built on the site of am old farm house and building. The Hall was described as being an imposing building, two and a half stories high, constructed of red coloured handmade brick building with stone features. There was a small brickyard at Hope Hall for the purpose of making bricks solely for the maintenance of the estate building. The bricks were made by machine and name stamped ' Hope Hall'. The precise dates that the brickyard were in operation is unknown, although on a map dated 1871 shows a shed and a small claypit at the Hall.
On 8 October 1867 a fire destroyed an outbuilding and its contents, valued at £150. On Sunday, 10 August 1878, the wife of the Reverend Robert Roberts was in the house when it was struck by lightning damaging a chimney pot. The hall was demolished in 1960.
Differing accounts exist about the origins of Hope Hall. Written was that in 1740 a brick built house was constructed on the site of old farmhouse and buildings that were held by the Longueville family from the reign of King Henry VI (1422–61). It was built for Elizabeth Charlotte, the daughter of Sir Thomas Longueville of
An Image of a Hope Hall Brick
Brickworks in the United Kingdom Buildings and structures in Flintshire Country houses in Wales History of Flintshire
Hope, Flintshire
Hope ( cy, Yr Hôb) is a small village and community in Flintshire, north-east Wales. The village is located approximately 3 miles / 4.5 km from the Wales-England border, on the course of the River Alyn, and less than 5 miles from Wrexham. ...
, Wales was a country house, built in 1740 and demolished in 1960.
The building
Hope Hall was built on the site of am old farm house and building. The Hall was described as being an imposing building, two and a half stories high, constructed of red coloured handmade brick building with stone features. There was a small brickyard at Hope Hall for the purpose of making bricks solely for the maintenance of the estate building. The bricks were made by machine and name stamped ' Hope Hall'. The precise dates that the brickyard were in operation is unknown, although on a map dated 1871 shows a shed and a small claypit at the Hall.
On 8 October 1867 a fire destroyed an outbuilding and its contents, valued at £150. On Sunday, 10 August 1878, the wife of the Reverend Robert Roberts was in the house when it was struck by lightning damaging a chimney pot. The hall was demolished in 1960.
History
Differing accounts exist about the origins of Hope Hall. Written was that in 1740 a brick built house was constructed on the site of old farmhouse and buildings that were held by the Longueville family from the reign of King Henry VI (1422–61). It was built for Elizabeth Charlotte, the daughter of Sir Thomas Longueville of Esclusham
Esclusham ( cy, Esclus or ''Esclys'') is a community and electoral ward in Wrexham County Borough, Wales.
The community includes the villages of Bersham, Rhostyllen, Aberoer, Llwyneinion and Pentre Bychan, as well as a number of smaller settlemen ...
Hall, Rhostyllyn. An alternative version is that the brick house replaced an older farm on the site in 1751. Sir George Wynne, due to family debts, sold their Broughton Hall estate, and to save money built the new hall. In 1791, a £30,000 debt led to them mortgaging the estate to the Brooke family.
In 1791, when the village of Hope was enclosed by the Hope, Lower Kinnerton, and Dodleston (Cheshire) Inclosure Act 1791 (31 Geo. 3
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. c. ''69''), the Reverend J. Hope Wynne-Eyton possessed the lands of Hope Hall. In 1815, Hope Hall was the seat of Sir Richard Brooke, 6th Baronet of Norton Priory (1785-1865), the High Sheriff of Flintshire. In 1826, it was the seat of John Price the High Sheriff of Flintshire. In 1868, it was in the possession of Thomas Wynne-Eyton, as part of the Leeswood
Leeswood ( cy, Coed-llai) is a village, community and electoral ward in Flintshire, Wales, about four miles from the historic market town of Mold. At the 2001 Census, the population was 2,143, reducing slightly to 2,135 at the 2011 Census.
It ...
Estates. The Eytons of Hope Hall were descended from Kindick Efell, Lord of Esglwyseg, and Madog, Lord of Leeswood.
Tenants
1861 John Lloyd, a farmer 1871 Joseph Dutton, a farmer 1881 John Greenwood, a farm bailiff After 1891 until at least 1911 a farmerSee also
*Wynne baronets The Wynne Baronetcy, of Leeswood Hall, Leeswood in the County of Flint, was a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 9 August 1731 for George Wynne, subsequently Member of Parliament for Flint Boroughs. The title became extinc ...
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An Image of a Hope Hall Brick
Brickworks in the United Kingdom Buildings and structures in Flintshire Country houses in Wales History of Flintshire