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
1755
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
31/01/1994
Date of Amendment
31/01/1994
Name of Property
The Red Lion Public House
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Caia Park
Town
Locality
Easting
334769
Northing
349171
Street Side
S
Location
Near the junction of Abenbury Road with King's Mills Road, facing away from the road and overlooking the River Clywedog.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Probably built as a dwelling in the C17, but long-used as a public house.
Exterior
Rendered over brick or possible timber frame with Welsh slate roof with red tiled cresting. One and a half storeys, 3 unit plan. Doorway towards left in added gabled porch, flanked by renewed casement windows. Early C19 casement window with iron gothick glazing to right. 3 framed gabled dormers in the roof, with casement windows, and bargeboards with finials to overhanging eaves. End wall stacks. Blind rear elevation to road.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a good example of rural vernacular building.
Group value with bridges over Rivers Clywedog and Gwenfro.
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