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
02/07/1962
Date of Amendment
03/06/1996
Name of Property
Yew Tree Cottage
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Location
Situated on the W side of Marford Hill close to the Trevor Arms Hotel.
History
One of a group of cottages and houses built in Cottage Orne style for the Trevalyn Estate while it was under the stewardship of John Boydell. The buildings along Marford Hill were completed by 1820, building phases of 1814 and 1816 are suggested by Trevalyn accounts. Early C19 maps suggest the original plan form of this cottage resembled a quatrefoil, extensions and additions C20 by R Cresswell Lee and TACP.
Exterior
Render, slate roof with brick chimney, 1-and 2-storey. Bowed 2-storey front flanked by semicircular single storey wings. Central bay has ground floor central window with ogee head flanked by narrower arched windows, above there is a central bullseye window flanked by mock arrow slits, the roof bulges out to accommodate the bow; gabled return elevations with blind bullseyes. wing to left has mock arrow slit and 3 linked arched windows, That to right has entrance with arched head and porch. Dentil cornices throughout which return for a short distance at eaves level in the gable ends and at first floor level in front elevation. Extensions to rear in matching style.
Interior
Not accessible at time of 1995 survey, said to have been remodelled c 1960.
Group value with Stable Block at Trevor Arms Hotel
Reason for designation
Listed as an early C19 former Trevalyn Estate cottage in distinctive picturesque style.
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