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
20223
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
29/07/1998
Date of Amendment
29/07/1998
Name of Property
Pen-y-clawdd Farmhouse
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Chirk
Town
Wrexham
Locality
Pentre
Easting
328675
Northing
340778
Street Side
NW
Location
The farmhouse as at the S end of the village of Pentre, close to the railway cutting and bridge, overlooking the B5605 at the rear.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
The farmhouse was probably built in the C17, perhaps originally timber framed externally and later stoned around.
Exterior
The building is of stone, rendered externally, with timber framed partitions internally, and a slate roof. One storey and attics, 3 wide bays, with the framed and boarded door between bays 1 and 2 from the left, set in an open timber framed and slated porch. Timber windows with leaded glazing, and three two and three-light uPVC gabled dormers. Outsetting plinth at base of wall. Brick stack, external at the W gable end, the tops rebuilt in the late C19. Brick lean-to at the rear, and an asbestos sheet roofed lean-to at the E end. Farm buildings of stone rubble are attached to the rear of the parlour end at the W, forming an 'L'-plan. A brick lean-to across the rear covers the rear entrance.
Interior
Belived to contain timber framed partitions with wattle and daub infilling.
Reason for designation
Included as a large rural farmhouse retaining regional vernacular character.
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