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
18062
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
20/12/1996
Date of Amendment
20/12/1996
Name of Property
Parkey Farmhouse
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Sesswick
Town
Locality
Bedwell
Easting
338018
Northing
347830
Street Side
Location
Parkey Farm is situated at the end of a private track entered from the north side of the B5130 approx. 1.6km to the east of the Cross Lanes junction.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Parkey Farm is assumed to have been built in the late C18/early C19 as the home farm for Parkey Hall (demolished 1972).
Exterior
Three storeys, of brick construction, with stone quoins, under a grey slate roof, chimney stacks to east and west gable ends. Symmetrical font elevation with central doorway and remains of doorcase. Six-pane sash windows on stone sills. Some later additions and alterations to two-storey rear and side elevations.
Interior
Internal inspection not possible at time of 1996 survey. Said to retain many original features.
Reason for designation
Listed as a good example of a late C18/early C19 farmhouse.
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