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
Frog Lane Cottage (West)
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Willington Worthenbury
Location
Located on the south side of Frog Lane (B 5069) in its own garden and set back from the road behind a low brick wall with iron gate and stone piers.
History
One of two almost identical early C19 estate workers cottages on Frog Lane, said to have been part of the Broughton Hall estate, and in ownership of Elizabeth Ann Hanson, of Bowling Bank Farm, in 1830.
Exterior
Rectangular single storey cottage, plus attic, of red brick with yellow brick and stone dressings under slate roof. Central brick chimney stack with dressings. Two Victorian Jacobethan style windows with stone hood moulds, and lozenge-paned leading. Three-lights to the left, single light to the right. Further attic window to each gable end. Modern door.
Reason for designation
Listed, together with its pair, as good examples of C19 improved workers cottages.
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