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
09/06/1952
Date of Amendment
17/07/1996
Name of Property
Smithfield House
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Location
Situated on the corner of Castle Street and Wrexham Road, set back behind front garden bordered by iron railings.
History
Former farmhouse. Smithfield House appears on the 1843 Tithe map.
Exterior
Main house mid-late C17 with later alterations. Main house: 3 storeys, handmade red brick with red sandtone quoins and sandstone facing to base of street facade and one gable end. Stone shaped kneelers and gable coping. Later slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, rebuilt brick stack. Painted stone porch with moulded pediment on consoles, later door. Ground and first floors each contain 3 later three-light casement windows with brick flat arches. Upper storey has 3 two-light casements. To right, red brick extension with slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles. Two-light casement window to ground floor. Left return gable wall sandstone facing to eaves level, single C20 uPVC window. To rear 2 storey brick extension, slate roof.
Interior
Interior was not accessible at time of re-survey (March 1996).
Reason for designation
Listed as a surviving example of a mid-late C17 farmhouse.
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