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.
Date of Designation
07/05/1998
Date of Amendment
07/05/1998
Name of Property
Admiralty House
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Willington Worthenbury
Location
Located on the north side of the main road through Worthenbury (B 5069) shortly after its junction with Church Road and adjacent to The Malt House. Set back behind iron-railed narrow forecourt.
History
Early to mid C19 late Georgian house (shown on Tithe Map).
Exterior
Two-storey brick house under slate roof; brickwork laid to form distinctive diaper pattern formed by light and dark brick. Set back behind iron-railed narrow forecourt. Centrally planned facade around central doorcase with wooden reveals and Gothick lozenges to the frieze and rectangular fanlight. Six-panelled door with fielded upper panels. Five recessed twelve-paned wooden sash windows with glazing bars. Brick chimney stack to west gable end. Rendered plinth and lintels.
Reason for designation
Listed together with The Malt House and adjacent cottages as a prominent historic group in the centre of the village.
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