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
Barn at Rose Hill
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Location
Situated 50m E of Rose Hill House
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
History
Barn, perhaps former cowhouse with haybarns added at a later date. Probably C17 with additions of C18 and C19 alterations.
Exterior
Timber framing with brick infill, red sandstone rubble with squared quoins, slate roof, some alterations in red brick, iron tie-plates. Rectilinear plan. At each end a red sandstone rubble range with ventilation slits and openings, including pitching eyes, some later C19 alterations. Long central range has red sandstone plinth and timber framing in squarish panels with narrow horizontal timbers within the panels suggesting that the infill replaced the original wattle and daub. Three doorways, probably not all original. Rear elevation to road, partially obscured, has single doorway.
Interior
Interior not accessible at time of survey (October 1994).
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as a well-preserved estate barn associated with Rose Hill.
Group value with Rose Hill and Coach House.
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