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
1785
Building Number
29
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
31/01/1994
Date of Amendment
31/01/1994
Name of Property
29 High Street
Address
29 High Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Offa
Town
Wrexham
Locality
Easting
333591
Northing
350203
Street Side
Location
Towards the eastern end of the High Street.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Built for the Provincial Welsh Insurance Co. in 1861 (the company was founded in Wrexham in 1850) and still used as offices. Designed by R. K. Penson, architect.
Exterior
White ashlar faced, brick style to rear. 3 storeys, 5 window range, palazzo style.
Rusticated lower storey, with round-arched doorways to either side, and 3 shallow stilted arched central openings, the central one a doorway, the others windows. Wood mullioned and transomed windows to first floor have balustraded aprons and alternately segmental and triangular pedimented heads. Lower upper windows (4-pane sashes) have wrought iron balconettes and shouldered architraves. Rosette frieze and modillion cornice below balustraded parapet with central pedimented panel incorporating original name and logo.
Interior
Reason for designation
A fine example of late C19 commercial architecture, forming part of an important group of commercial buildings.
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