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
17847
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
03/12/1996
Date of Amendment
03/12/1996
Name of Property
Marchwiel Old Hall
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Marchwiel
Town
Locality
Marchwiel
Easting
335004
Northing
347237
Street Side
E
Location
Set back from the E side of Woodhouse Lane approximately 0.75km SW of Marchwiel
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Possibly on the site of the residence of Edward Broughton in 1700. Anomalies in the fenestration and change of brick type in the rear elevation suggest the house may have been remodelled and reorientated in the early C19.
Exterior
Simple restrained early C19 style. Brick in Flemish bond, slate roof with twin hips to rear and wide boarded eaves, brick chimneys. Rectilinear plan, 2 storeys. Elevation to road is symmetrical with lower 2 storey service wing attached to left. Windows are 12-pane sashes with stone cills, central door with wooden pedimented surround and overlight. Right hand return has similar windows, that to the upper floor right hand side is blind. Rear elevation shows signs of alteration. It has a central door, on the left 1 12-pane sash per floor, to the right a tripartite window of late C19 character, on the upper floor above the door and to the right are casement windows.
Interior
Interior not accessible at time of 1996 survey.
Reason for designation
Listed as a good example of an early C19 house, and for historical associations.
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