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.
Date of Designation
13/02/1995
Date of Amendment
13/02/1995
Name of Property
White House
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Location
Situated on the N side of the B5426, 200m E of its junction with the A528.
History
Early C19 farmhouse incorporating part of an early C18 structure.
Exterior
2-storey 3 windows, brown brick now painted white, hipped tile roof. Front elevation: advanced central splayed bay containing entrance, ground floor windows with lintels painted black, later door with with clear fanlight. First floor 3 6-pane sash windows. To rear remains of former cruciform red brick range of early C18 date, three wings survive. Massive central brick stack, slate roof, later brick additions. Many original window openings survive however all windows have been replaced from C19 onwards.
Interior
Early C18 section retains exposed chamfered and stopped beams, and evidence of large kitchen internal stack. Plank and latched doors throughout. Early C19 phase retains a number of good 4-panelled doors, simple stick baluster staircase.
Reason for designation
Listed for the surviving late C17/early C18 phase which retains a considerable amount of its original character and as a good local example of early C19 vernacular architecture.
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