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
1724
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
14/05/1988
Date of Amendment
22/02/1995
Name of Property
Former School House to Old Grammer School
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Ruabon
Town
Locality
Ruabon
Easting
330244
Northing
343817
Street Side
S
Location
At NW angle of St Mary's churchyard and stepped downhill from W gable of the Old Grammar School.
Description
Broad Class
Education
Period
History
The Charity Commissioners noted in 1837 that the schoolmaster had built a kitchen and brewhouse, with two rooms over, in 1825. The building was being converted for residential use at the time of survey (October 1994).
Exterior
Sandstone rubble with squared quoins, hipped slate roof: 2-storey 2 windows. Upper floor has one multipaned cast-iron window with intersecting Gothick heads, and a multipaned cast-iron casement below. Other windows removed or blocked. Door to right hand side of later date.
Interior
Few interior features appear to survive and the division between rooms at upper floor level no longer exists.
Reason for designation
Listed as an early C19 building with historical associations with the Old Grammar School.
Group value with the Old Grammar School.
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