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
1668
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
16/11/1962
Date of Amendment
15/11/2005
Name of Property
Magpie Cottage
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Hanmer
Town
Locality
Hanmer
Easting
345516
Northing
339595
Street Side
N
Location
Prominently sited at the W end of Striga Lane, at the main road junction in the village, and opposite Hanmer Mere.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
A C17 house, probably originally of lobby-entry plan, which remains discernible despite there having been a later central entrance now converted back to a window. The central entrance is indicated on the 1873 Ordnance Survey by a porch, which has since been taken down and replaced by a new porch further L.
Exterior
A 1½-storey 2-window box-framed house with brick nogging painted white, steep thatch roof with brick stack to the L end, and a tall brick stack rising from the eaves on the R side. The gabled porch has a window to the front and half-glazed door in the side wall. The front has 2-light casement windows, of which the L-hand is in a former doorway. Eyebrow dormers have similar windows.
Interior
1962 survey recorded exposed beams and joists and inglenook fireplace with beam above.
Reason for designation
Listed as small sub-medieval timber-framed house with thatch roof, which stands at a prominent position in the village next to the mere, where it makes an important contribution to the overall historical integrity of the village.
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