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
Old Rose Cottage
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Location
On the E side of the A528, 90m N of Overton Bridge.
History
An estate dwellings of late C18/early C19, evident on the 1840 Tithe Map. Part of the Rose Hill Estate.
Exterior
2-storey 4-window, whitewashed brick, gable end stacks, slate roof. Late C18/early C19. Main elevation facing road: dentilled brick cornice, altered 6-panelled door and later C19 porch. Both ground and first floor windows cast iron frames with Gothick tracery, probably C19. Rear elevation much altered with modern extensions and later windows.
Interior
Not accessible at time of survey (October 1994).
Reason for designation
Listed as a good example of late C18/early C19 estate architecture which externally retains much of its original character and for historical associations with the Rose Hill Estate.
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