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
17686
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
03/06/1996
Date of Amendment
03/06/1996
Name of Property
Pair of Circular Privies
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Gresford
Town
Locality
Marford
Easting
335972
Northing
356200
Street Side
E
Location
Situated off the E side of Marford Hill on the S side of a driveway between Beechmount and Poplar Cottage.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Probably early C19 and formerly associated with Beechmount, but now separated from its grounds by a lane. In the picturesque style of the Marford Trevalyn Estate buildings while it was under the stewardship of John Boydell.
Exterior
Painted brick, pair of circular former privies with entrances with cambered heads and replaced conical roofs.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a pair of early C19 privies and examples of a relatively rare building type.
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