DOMESDAY BOOK HOME UP FOR SALE

Owner 'sad' to sell Jacobean hall that's been in the same family for more than 450 years

- JOANNE RIDOUT

AS A youngster, Richard Davies-Cooke would no doubt have run around the maze of corridors that make up historic Gwysaney Hall with typical childhood abandon.

And he would have been far from the first child in his family to do so, since it's been in his family continuously for more than 450 years. But he's probably going to be one of the last of his family because it's now been listed for sale.

The hall, near Mold in Flintshire, is one of Wales' most significant houses. It was awarded a Grade II listing by Cadw in 1952, updated in 2002, for being "a substantial and well-preserved Jacobean house with important C19 and early C20 additions".

How many properties in Wales can boast connections to Rhodri Mawr, the 9th-century King of all Wales, feature in the Domesday Book and have played a direct role in the English Civil War?