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
17853
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
07/06/1963  
Date of Amendment
03/12/1996  
Name of Property
Sawmill  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Wrexham  
Community
Marchwiel  
Town
 
Locality
Erddig  
Easting
332626  
Northing
348133  
Street Side
 
Location
Situated on the E side of the outer yard S of the stables and house.  

Description


Broad Class
Industrial  
Period
 

History
Said to have been formed from former stables and pigsties and probably erected as part of Philip Yorke I's improvements to the house and estate, this building was substantially remodelled when a sawmill was installed, later C19. Changes in the brickwork suggest remodelling to the whole of the ground floor and to the rear wings. The rooms on the N side were converted to visitor facilities and an art gallery, late C20.  

Exterior
Simple classical style, red brick with hipped slate roof to yard, dentil eaves cornice. Irregular U shaped plan. Elevation to yard has off-centre archway leading to limeyard behind. To the left of this are 2 Diocletian windows, to the right a large opening with boarded doors and 1 Diocletian window to the right of this. The upper floor has a range of 5 casement windows. The rear has 2 gabled ranges attached to each side of the arch, that to the right with the remains of pigsties in the end wall.  

Interior
Contains steam engine of c1860 and a boiler which was brought to the site in 1935.  

Reason for designation
Listed as an estate building of some architectural pretension and for the sawmill machinery. Group value with other listed ancillary buildings at Erddig  

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