Cornist Hall

Cornist Hall is a large house 1 mile (2 km) west-southwest of the town of Flint, Flintshire, Wales. It was the birthplace in 1746 of Thomas Totty, an admiral who served under Lord Nelson.[1] In about 1884 the industrialist Richard Muspratt commissioned the Chester architect John Douglas to re-model the house, but Muspratt died before this could be executed.[2] It was later owned by members of the Summers family, who ran the ironworks business of John Summers and Sons in Shotton and who made extensive alterations to the house.[1][3] In 1953 the ownership of the house passed to the Local Authority who modified the interior for catering purposes.[4] The Napier family took it over in 1987 and developed it as a wedding and dining venue.[1] The house is built in brick and stone in Jacobethan style.[4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Butler, Carl (23 January 2009), "Flint's Cornist Hall goes on market", Daily Post (North Wales), Trinity Mirror, retrieved 29 November 2009
  2. ↑ Hubbard, Edward (1991), The Work of John Douglas, London: The Victorian Society, pp. 147–148, 254, ISBN 0-901657-16-6
  3. ↑ Redhead, Brian; Gooddie, Sheila (1987), The Summers of Shotton, London: Hodder & Stoughton, p. 81, ISBN 0-340-26911-1
  4. 1 2 Hubbard, Edward (1986), The Buildings of Wales: Clwyd, London: Penguin, pp. 351–352, ISBN 0-14-071052-3

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Coordinates: 53°14′29″N 3°09′50″W / 53.2415°N 3.1638°W / 53.2415; -3.1638


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