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
15688
Building Number
2
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
07/06/1963
Date of Amendment
22/02/1995
Name of Property
Almhouse
Address
2 Church Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Ruabon
Town
Locality
Ruabon
Easting
330180
Northing
343901
Street Side
N
Location
Description
Broad Class
Health and Welfare
Period
History
Said to have been endowed by Vicar John Robinson and built by Vicar Richard Davis in 1711. Originally arranged around a courtyard three sides of which have now been demolished. The houses were renovated and extended by the Trustees of Ruabon United Charities in 1979.
Exterior
Terrace of 5 single storey dwellings, painted brick, slate roof. Each unit has two windows which are 12-pane cast-iron casements with Gothick intersecting pointed heads on either side of entrances with doors probably of 1979. Chimneys in front wall are shared i.e. 1 chimney per 2 units, these have been altered. Rear elevations have extensions of 1979.
Interior
2 unit plan now extended, with new opening to extension to rear. Blocked corner fireplaces. Doors and fittings probably of 1979.
Reason for designation
Listed for special historic interest as almshouses with C18 origins and for group value with other listed buildings on Church Street.
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