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
17272
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
12/09/1996
Date of Amendment
12/09/1996
Name of Property
Pavilion including attached Skittle Alley at Cefn Park
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Abenbury
Town
Locality
Cefn
Easting
335704
Northing
349599
Street Side
E
Location
Situated S of the main house at Cefn Park and W of the path to Cefn Park gardens. The pavilion in front of the alley was somewhat overgrown at the time of re-survey and not immediately apparent. The alley is to the W of the pavilion, also overgrown.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Built as a skittle alley in the grounds of Cefn Park in the late C18/early C19. Cefn Park was one of the principal seats of Wrexham and previous houses were largely destroyed by fire in 1794 and again in 1830.
Exterior
The skittle alley is composed of two parts; an octagonal pavilion and attached alley. The pavilion is a single storey, rendered brick octagon. To four of its eight sides are large semi-circular window openings, whilst the openings to the two sides east and west continue to ground level to form the entrance to the pavilion and, opposite, the entrance to the alley. No windows survive. To the top of each side is a circular window each of which is currently bricked up. The roof structure has decayed but would probably have not been visible externally. The alley is a brick sided open trough attached to the octagon on its west side.
Interior
Internally the octagon is plastered and retains two wooden semi-circular alcoves and evidence of shelving having been fixed within them.
Reason for designation
Listed as a rare building type on a country estate and for group value with Cefn Park.
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