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.
Date of Designation
07/06/1963
Date of Amendment
03/12/1996
Name of Property
Dog Yard Range
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Location
Situated in a range of estate buildings S of Erddig on the S side of the limeyard.
History
Probably later C18 as part of Philip Yorke I's estate improvements of the 1770s. A plan of 1800 shows the complex and identifies a dog kitchen, flesh yard and kennels.
Exterior
Painted brick, slate roofs. L-shaped range of buildings closed on the W side by the wall of a waggon shed and on E side by a wall to form a yard. In the W wall is an opening leading to a room probably used to prepare food for the animals, on the N side a door and a window, an opening leading through to the limeyard, and to the right of this three doorways leading to former kennels. Running EW across the yard is a stone gutter which has several basins cut into it to form lapping pools.
Attached to the rear of the W side is a square section brick chimney which appears to relate to the former food preparation area.
Reason for designation
Listed as an unusual example of estate accommodation for dogs and for group value with other listed buildings at Erddig.
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