85441

 

II  

Designated  

20/10/2005  

20/10/2005  

1 Iscoyd Cottages  

 

Wrexham  

Bronington  

 

Mannings Green  

350504  

341414  

 

One of a pair of cottages on the N side of a minor road between Redbrook and Higher Wych, approximately 550m S of Iscoyd Park.  

 

 

Iscoyd Park was purchased in 1843 by Philip Lake Godsal, a Cheltenham coach builder, an estate of 202 acres (82 hectares) comprising mansion house with park, and cottages and smallholdings. Iscoyd Cottages were built in 1854, replacing earlier cottages shown on estate plans of 1781 and the 1830s. They demonstrate the ambitious programme of rebuilding by the Godsals that continued for much of the C19.  

 

 

Listed for its special architectural interest as one of a pair of cottages in a prominent location S of Iscoyd Park, displaying exuberant use of materials in a striking picturesque composition.  

1-2 Iscoyd Cottages Two picturesque 2-storey cottages placed at right angles to each other to form a general T-shaped plan, but with gabled projections on each side to create an irregular picturesque appearance. Of brick with freestone dressings, timber-framed in the upper storey with cross bracing, and steep tile roof with cusped barge boards and finials to the main elevations, and rebuilt brick stacks (replacing original stacks with barley-twist shafts). No 1 has an asymmetrical 2-window front. The central porch is on a dwarf wall and has twisted posts, to an open gable with castellated tie beam. The front door is heavily studded and is in a Tudor-headed surround. On the L side is a 2-light mullioned window and on the R side a similar 3-light window below a 2-light wood-framed window with metal casement, under a gable. The L gable end is more ornate. It has a canted 2-light bay window under a deep lean-to canopy on brackets. In the upper storey is a shallow 3-light oriel window under a similar lean-to canopy, above which is more complex pattern of framing, including cusped X-shaped and circular panels. Behind is a 2-window rear wing with 2-light upper storey windows retaining leaded glazing, and half-glazed door on the outer side facing the yard behind No 2. No 2 has its gable end facing the road, and entrance in the R side wall. In the L side wall, facing the entrance to No 1, is an external red sandstone stack with lighter freestone quoins and brick shaft, and bearing a stone shield with 'PLG' in raised letters above a scroll with '1854' in relief. The gable end has a 3-light mullioned window in the lower storey incorporating casements, a jettied upper storey and canted 2-light oriel window to an ornate gable. The R side wall has a lower brick projection with asymmetrical gable incorporating an open porch on the L side. This has shaped timber posts on high plain brick bases, and a boarded front door with bands of studs. On its R side are a replacement window and half-glazed panel door, with 2-light casement window above. The rear gable end retains, in the upper storey, a 2-light window with diamond-leaded glazing, and has a replacement 2-light casement below.