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
14464
Building Number
6
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
13/03/1994
Date of Amendment
10/11/1994
Name of Property
Dispensary Row
Address
6 Wrexham Road
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Overton
Town
Locality
Easting
337296
Northing
341978
Street Side
Location
Towards the junction of Wrexham Road and High Street, adjoining Pendas House on High Street.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Row of 8 cottages, building as a single development c1800, the use of Picturesque vocabulary suggesting that they were built as part of an estate.
Exterior
Brick with slate roofs. A two storeyed row, each cottage has a single unit, double pile plan, with doorway to the right and windows aligned on each floor. Steep 2-centred arches to doors, and segmental heads to 2-light casement windows, with leading in the tympana. The corner adjoining Pendas is curved and has an additional window to the right of the doorway to No 1. Each cottage has an end wall stack with moulded cap.
Interior
Reason for designation
An exceptional and almost unaltered row of small cottages which forms part of an important group of buildings at the end of High Street.
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