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
20273
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
29/07/1998
Date of Amendment
29/07/1998
Name of Property
Deer Park Wall
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Chirk
Town
Wrexham
Locality
Chirk Castle
Easting
327548
Northing
337250
Street Side
Location
The wall extends from the the escarpment S of the S drive at Deer Park Lodge, N to Deershed Wood.
Description
Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
Period
History
The wall is probably of the later C17, part of the scheme devised by Sir Thomas Myddleton in 1675 to extend the park to the S and E to hold 500 deer.
Exterior
A boundary wall of rubble stone, with a heavy stone-on-edge coping wider than the wall overhanging both sides. The wall is approximately 2m high, and follows the contour of the ground, but is broken for the driveway.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a significant element of the late C17 park layout at Chirk, and of group value with Deerpark Lodge.
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