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
18258
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
24/02/1997
Date of Amendment
24/02/1997
Name of Property
Old Bridge House
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Bangor is-y-Coed
Town
Locality
Bangor Is-y-coed
Easting
338858
Northing
345474
Street Side
N
Location
Situated on High Street opposite the Church of St Dunawd.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Built c1864, shop front inserted later C19, interior alterations later C20.
Exterior
Red brick in Flemish bond, hipped slate roof, brick chimneys, brick plinth, stone string courses. Five-window 3-storey near-symmetrical front elevation with dentil eaves course. Ground floor has central shop front with central recessed door flanked by 6-pane windows which curve outwards and retain some pre-C20 glass. On each side are door cases with foliated brackets and the whole is capped by a cornice which breaks forward above the doors. To left a tripartite window, to right a sash-type window, stone sill and storey bands. Above is a set of windows on each of the upper floors separated by storey band and sill band. They consist of alternating flat and round-headed openings with multipaned sashes, some replaced to right,
Interior
There is a stair of mid-C19 character and simple fireplaces of similar date in some rooms. Ground floor and shop altered, partial inspection at time of 1996 survey.
Reason for designation
Listed for group value with the Church of St Dunawd and as a good example of a mid C19 building which retains remarkably well-preserved later C19 shop front.
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