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
1764
Building Number
26-30
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
31/01/1994
Date of Amendment
31/01/1994
Name of Property
Burton Buildings
Address
26-30 Bridge Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Offa
Town
Locality
Easting
333363
Northing
350087
Street Side
W
Location
Towards the bottom of Bridge Street.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Shop and appartment building, dated 1896.
Exterior
Ruabon brick with terracotta dressings and slate roof. 3 storeyed, 5 window range, with advanced pedimented central bay housing entrance to upper floor accommodation, flanked by 2 shop fronts. Original shop fronts survive, with recessed entrance dividing the window space asymmetrically. Windows have segmental angle brackets carried on corbels, the larger windows divided by a central slim mullion, and small leaded upper lights. Terracotta brackets each side of fascia, which is surmounted by enriched terracotta cornice. Central entrance has 6-panelled door with fanlight in segmental archway surmounted by canopied hood carried on scrolled brackets. Name of building in relief on frieze above. Outer paired mullioned and transomed windows to upper floors, the leaded upper with coloured glass. Continuous moulded sill bands. Similar transomed window in stressed architrave over the doorway, and 2-pane sash in central 2nd storey window. Enriched terracotta frieze over first floor, and foliate panels forming aprons of upper storey. Terracotta eaves cornice continues to stress central pediment which is surmounted by a ball finial. End wall and axial stacks, with corbelled caps.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a fine example of C19 commercial building design employing locally produced materials, and surviving intact.
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