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
1802
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
31/01/1994
Date of Amendment
31/01/1994
Name of Property
Boundary Wall and Gates to Roman Catholic Cathedral
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Offa
Town
Locality
Easting
333167
Northing
350496
Street Side
Location
Forms the boundary of the church yard with Regent Street to the north of the cathedral, the gates aligned with the main west door.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Probably designed as part of the original plans for the church site, and therefore probably to designs of E. W. Pugin in 1857.
Exterior
Coursed and squared rubble wall, with steep raking copings, and gate piers with gabletted copings, to which cast iron lamp standards are attached by iron brackets.
Interior
Reason for designation
A rare survivor of Victorian gothic street furniture, forming an important element in the cathedral site.
Group value with Roman Catholic Cathedral.
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