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
1786
Building Number
30
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
31/01/1994
Date of Amendment
31/01/1994
Name of Property
30 High Street
Address
30 High Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Offa
Town
Locality
Easting
333583
Northing
350205
Street Side
Location
Part of a continuously developed building line of the S side of the street, and next to the Overton Arcade.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
According to Palmer, a building was first recorded on the site in 1699 and was in use as an inn by C1710. The present building is largely the result of a mid-C19 rebuilding, but may incorporate elements of an earlier structure.
Exterior
Stucco over brick with painted stone dressings and slate roof with coped gables. 3 storeys, 3-window range. Ground floor frontage entirely rebuilt C1980. Upper windows (renewed to suggest original 12-pane sashes) in moulded architraves, with brackets to sills of upper storey. String course above, with paired brackets to projecting 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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