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
29/07/1998
Date of Amendment
29/07/1998
Name of Property
Cottage at The Kennels
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Location
The group of buildings known as The Kennels stand on the NE side of the road bounding the NE side of Chirk Castle park.
History
The building was built, or extensively rebuilt, in the mid C19 by the Chirk Estate.
Exterior
Built of stone, with a tiled roof. One storey and attic, 4 bays, with an external stack at the W end, having a pent roof to the front. Door opposite the main axial stack, battened, set within a timber framed gabled and tiled porch. Two-light timber casement windows with stone lintels. The similar upper floor windows are set in raised dormers with pitched roofs. The large stone gable stack has the upper stage in brick.
Reason for designation
Included as a good example of a C19 estate cottage built by the Chirk Estate, retaining a character of that period. Of group value with the Kennels.
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