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
17873
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
03/12/1996
Date of Amendment
03/12/1996
Name of Property
Bryn Goleu
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Marchwiel
Town
Locality
Erddig
Easting
332361
Northing
347668
Street Side
Location
Situated on the W side of the S carriage drive c0.60km S of Erddig.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
The house originated possibly C16 or C17 and was enlarged C18. It is mentioned in a survey of the Erddig estate of 1715 where it is described as having 3 bays. It was largely refenestrated C19 probably in 1852 when estate records mention renewing and redecorating the building. Pebbledashing and other alterations later C20. The building was leased to various tenants in the years from 1716.
Exterior
Painted pebbledash, slate roof, brick chimneys. One and a half and 2 storey, L shaped plan. Windows are generally multipaned cast iron. S elevation to drive is symmetrical with a pair of bay windows and a pair of hipped dormers. Right hand return has small window ground floor an a 2-sided oriel with Gothic style glazing detail, both offset to left. Rear wing has door of C18 character to left, tripartite casement to right and casement above the door. Rear of wing has oriel with gothic style glazing detail offset to left. The left hand return elevation has an external stack, door and irregular fenestration to wing including an oriel to left.
Interior
Not inspected at time of 1996 survey but a report of 1984 states that chamfered ceiling beams and some evidence of the roof structure, including windbraces, were visible, and that a number of early doors survived.
Reason for designation
Listed as an example of a C16 or C17 house which was enlarged C18 and retains decorative Victorian fenestration; also for historical associations with the Erddig estate.
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