Cornist Hall

Cornist Hall is a large house 1 mile (1.6 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]

Cornist Hall

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References
  1. 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. Hubbard, Edward (1986), The Buildings of Wales: Clwyd, London: Penguin, pp. 351–352, ISBN 0-14-071052-3

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