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
1783
Building Number
26
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
31/01/1994
Date of Amendment
31/01/1994
Name of Property
26 High Street
Address
26 High Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Offa
Town
Locality
Easting
333605
Northing
350207
Street Side
S
Location
On the corner of Yorke Street and High Street.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Present building is early C19, but is probably the site refered to as No. 25 by Palmer, where an inn was in existence by 1755.
Exterior
Painted brick with slate roof. 3 storeys, 2 window range, the shop front to ground floor a late C20 insertion (replacing an earlier C20 shop front). 9-pane sash windows to first floor with flat arched painted heads were probably reduced in height when earlier shop front was inserted. Second floor windows are of greater height, and also have flat-arched heads.
Plain wood eaves cornice.
Interior
Reason for designation
Forms part of an important group of commercial buildings on High Street.
Included for group value.
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