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
15725
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
22/02/1995
Date of Amendment
22/02/1995
Name of Property
Front Lodge
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Ruabon
Town
Locality
Pen-Y-Lan
Easting
333320
Northing
341757
Street Side
Location
Situated 250m SE of All Saints' Church at Bryn Pen-y-lan.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Lodge to the Pen-y-Lan estate which was probably built at the time of a remodelling of Pen-y-Lan Hall in Tudor-Gothic Revival style in c1830 and was altered or rebuilt mid-late C19.
Exterior
Tudor-Gothic Revival style; pebbledash, brick with stone and painted stone dressings, slate roof with central cruciform brick chimney. 2-storey, cruciform plan, each of the four elevations is gabled; gables have pierced timber barge-boards, cusped collar-beams and finials; elevation to road has mullioned and transomed bay window with crenellated top. Central mullioned and transomed window at first floor. Later C20 extension to right hand side. Return elevations are of similar design, left hand elevation has an arched entrance with board door.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as a C19 lodge and for historical associations with the Pen-y-Lan estate.
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