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
1693
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
16/11/1962
Date of Amendment
18/11/2005
Name of Property
Dymock Arms
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Maelor South
Town
Locality
Penley
Easting
341994
Northing
339693
Street Side
NE
Location
Set back from the main road at the SE end of the village, opposite the junction with Grange Lane.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Said originally to have been 2 cottages. Alternatively it might have been a single lobby-entry house, and it is shown on the 1837 Tithe map as a single dwelling. It subsequently became a public house and was known as the Dymock Arms by 1873. Originally timber-framed, its front was rebuilt in brick in the C19. The L-hand end was extended slightly c1870, although without adding any openings to the front, and the R-hand end was extended in 1920.
Exterior
A 2-storey brick range painted white, with slate roof and brick ridge stack in line with the porch. The original building is on the L side and the higher 1920 extension on the R side. In the original building, the 2-storey porch is L of centre. It has a segmental-headed doorway and inside it is an boarded door. To its L is a small added lean-to and 3-light wood-framed casement window in each storey, segmental-headed in the lower storey. On the R side of the porch are 2 similar 2-light windows in each storey. At the L end is the extension of c1870, which has 'Dymock Arms' in modern lettering. To the R, the 2-storey addition of 1920 has a projecting bay and is half-timbered in the upper storey. The projection has a boarded door in the lower storey, and 2 cross windows in the upper storey. Further R is a 4-light lower-storey window and 2-light window in a segmental half dormer. The R gable end has an oriel window.
The L gable end is asymmetrical and has a replacement upper-storey window in the extension of c1870. Behind the original building and c1870 extension is a C20 outshut. Behind the 1920 section are larger C20 extensions.
Interior
The building probably originally had a lobby entrance, with 3-unit plan. Box-framing is visible in the rear wall, and partly in the former R-hand gable end and R-hand end of the front. There are 2 timber-framed partitions. Three trusses remain visible, 2 of which are altered but retain tie and collar beams. The truss at the L-hand end, with queen posts, was probably the original gable end.
Reason for designation
Listed, notwithstanding alterations and additions, as a public house with sub-medieval domestic origin, retaining elements of its original construction visible in the interior.
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