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
85465
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
20/10/2005
Date of Amendment
20/10/2005
Name of Property
Higher Barns Lodge
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Bronington
Town
Locality
Lower Wych
Easting
347780
Northing
343677
Street Side
Location
On the NW side of a minor road between Lower Wych and Tybroughton.
Description
Broad Class
Period
History
A cottage dated 1875, part of a smallholding very similar to those built for the Iscoyd Park estate in the latter half of the nineteenth century. It is shown on the 1911 Ordnance Survey.
Exterior
A 1½-storey cottage of brick with slate roof on overhanging eaves with dentil verge. Openings have mostly stone lintels and windows are small-pane wood-framed casements. The original entrance is in the NE gable end. It has a faceted boarded door to the L, the lintel of which is inscribed 'JBC 1875', a 2-light casement to its R and to the attic. The 2-window L side wall facing the road has 3-light casements. The R side wall has 2 small segmental-headed windows. The rear has a boarded door and 2-light casement window to its L, below a 2-light attic window.
Interior
Not inspected.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special historic interest as part of a well-preserved C19 smallholding, a type characteristic of the district.
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