Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
17869
Building Number
Grade
II*
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
03/12/1996
Date of Amendment
03/12/1996
Name of Property
Cup and Saucer
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Marchwiel
Town
Locality
Erddig
Easting
332456
Northing
348401
Street Side
Location
Situated c0.2m NW of Erddig to the W of the carriage drive.
Description
Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
Period
History
Designed by William Emes in 1774, this structure is said to have been installed to prevent erosion of the sides of the Black Brook and was clearly intended as an ornamental feature to be enjoyed from the approach on the N carriage drive. It is said to be the only surviving water feature of this type to have been identified.
Exterior
A shallow circular stone bowl with a cylindrical stone weir is set in the dammed Black Brook. The water drops vertically down and exits through a rusticated tunnel entrance which is attached on each side to splayed stone walls with wide flat stone parapets set into the slope.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed grade II* as an impressive and probably unique water feature designed by the noted landscape architect William Emes.
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