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
1748
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
03/11/1969
Date of Amendment
31/01/1994
Name of Property
Entrance Screen to former drive of Acton Drive
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Acton
Town
Locality
Easting
333745
Northing
351816
Street Side
E
Location
On the east side of the Chester Road towards the brow of the hill, the gateway now gives pedestrian access to part of the Acton estate.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Entrance screen to the former estate of Acton Park. Acton Park was the seat of the Cunliffe family from 1785, and the park was laid out by Sir Foster Cunliffe in 1790.
Exterior
The gates were probably erected at this time, and their design has been attributed to Thomas Harrison. Ashlar, with cast iron railings. Greek Doric piers form a colonade of 3 bays each side of the entrance, with outer piers surmounted by fibreglass reproductions of the original rampant painted wood greyhounds with wrought iron tails (restorations). Cast iron spear head railings mountd on low plinth wall between the colonades, and continuing as flanking quadrants divided by 3 circular stone piers, trminating in short length of panelled wall surmounted by a cornice.
Interior
Reason for designation
The house of Acton Park itself was demolished in 1956, and the park land has been successively developed with housing estates.
Group value with Acton Park Lodge.
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