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
1806
Building Number
Grade
II*
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
09/06/1952
Date of Amendment
31/01/1994
Name of Property
Croesnewydd Hall
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Offa
Town
Locality
Easting
332111
Northing
350606
Street Side
S
Location
In Wrexham Technology Park, S of the junction of Rhyd Broughton Lane and Watery Lane.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Built in 1696 as a small mansion and a farmhouse until C1985 when it was extensively restored and extended as offices as the centre-piece of Wrexham Technology Park.
Exterior
Brick with some stone dressings including plinth and angle quoins, and hipped slate roofs. 2 storeyed with attics and cellar, a shallow U-plan, with entrance facing W, and wings enclosing small courtyard to E. Symmetrical entrance fronts of 5 bays, the outer 2 bays to either side very slightly advanced under hipped roofs which form a continuation of the main roof-line. Central entrance up steps in bolection moulded doorcase, the window above the door in stressed architrave. Windows, which are sashes (and were possibly sashes from the outset), have flat arched stone heads with decorative keyblocks. Stone mullioned windows in basement, and 2 hipped dormer windows in the roof. Return and rear elevations mainly have mullioned and transomed windows, with sashes in return of front rooms only. Side entrances give access to hallways at foot of staircase to each side within, and the stairs are lit by a mullioned and transomed window at intermediate height.
Interior
Entrance hall occupies central range, with principal rooms to each side. Southern room has bolection moulded panelling, with dado, main panels and cornice, and ribbed plaster ceiling with 2 lozenge panels divided by a central beam. Dado panelling in room above this, and panelling with unmoulded rails in one rear upper room. Symmetry of plan encompasses 2 staircases set to either side in the angle of main range and rear wings, both rising the full height of the building. Principal stair to S has turned balusters, and moulded closed string.
Secondary stair to N has simpler detail.
Reason for designation
The house is a fine example of late C17 work, and represents an early example of brick building in this part of Wales.
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