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
16574
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
08/12/1995
Date of Amendment
08/12/1995
Name of Property
Barn Range at Esclusham Hall
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Esclusham
Town
Wrexham
Locality
Easting
329613
Northing
348090
Street Side
Location
Forms the N range of the former farmyard E of Esclusham Hall.
Description
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Period
History
Probably built c1800-1820 as a barn, and little-altered since.
Exterior
White-washed rubble with slate roof. Expressed as 2 storeys, loosely articulated as 5 bays, with central wide split doors, and flanking single split doors. Additional double-doors (probably later insertions) to the left, and a small rectangular window. Some vents in this left-hand bay, and in the right-hand bay. These are either single or paired and have curved heads, cut to pierce a single stone. 2 square windows below eaves level. Gable return to right has similar vents, large loft doors and owl hole in gable apex. Rear elevation has wide central doors, 2 square loft openings below the eaves, and a series of similar vents.
Interior
Chamfered king-post trusses of standard early C19 type; remains of threshing floor and the flanking partitions of the storage bays to either side.
Reason for designation
An exceptionally well-preserved early C19 barn, which is part of a group with Esclusham Hall.
Group Description
Esclusham Hall
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