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
14479
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
15/03/1994
Date of Amendment
15/03/1994
Name of Property
Top Farmhouse
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Overton
Town
Locality
Knolton Bryn
Easting
336590
Northing
339460
Street Side
Location
Towards the SW boundary of the community, W of the main settlement of Knolton Bryn.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Farmhouse. Probably late C17 or early C18, but refronted in the later C18 or early C19.
Exterior
Brick with close studded timber framing and brick infill in rear wall. Slate roof with end wall stacks. 2 storeys, 2-unit plan with central entrance. Plank door, flanked by 3-light casement windows with cambered brick heads. Rear wing probably an early C19 addition, with some C20 extensions to its rear. Interior retains significant elements of the original plan, the main hall with inglenook fireplace and chamfered spine beam, and the parlour bisected down its length to form a small service room to the rear. The parlour was probably originally an unheated room, since its chimney is clearly a much later addition.
Interior
Reason for designation
An early C18 vernacular farmhouse, retaining much of its original form.
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