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
15729
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
22/02/1995
Date of Amendment
22/02/1995
Name of Property
L-Shaped Stables at Pen-Y-Lan Hall
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Ruabon
Town
Locality
Pen-Y-Lan
Easting
332893
Northing
341133
Street Side
Location
Situated to the NW of Pen-y-Lan Hall.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Mid/late C19 contemporary with the remodelling of the house for Thomas Hardcastle, a Bolton cotton manufacturer.
Exterior
L-shaped stables containing long single storey stabling range and shorter 2-storey gateway range with flanking accommodation. Main elevation facing internal courtyard: 2-storey range, brick with slate roof. Central arched carriageway rises the full height of the building and is pedimented, surmounted by wooden bell-cupola. Single arched window in pediment. To right, ground floor 1 modern window with sandstone lintel, single storey brick lean-to extension. Renewed windows with sandstone lintels. Rear elevation altered. Single storey range to far left, red brick, slate roof, central carriage arch rises through one and a half storeys, pedimented with large recessed blind arch with oval opening at top, open at bottom. Symmetrical flanking end carriage openings. Renewed fenestration.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for group value with Pen-y-Lan Hall and the associated Gateway and attached walls.
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