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
86930
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
15/11/2005
Date of Amendment
15/11/2005
Name of Property
Boundary wall and gateway to NE side of Bettisfield Park
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Hanmer
Town
Locality
Bettisfield Park
Easting
346258
Northing
337662
Street Side
SW
Location
Set back from New Road and forming the boundary wall of the grounds.
Description
Broad Class
Period
History
Bettisfield Park was the seat of the Hanmer family and is a house of at least C16 origin. A new S entrance front was built in the late C18, probably by Samuel Wyatt of London. In the mid C19 there were further additions, including a new entrance on the E side, an Italianate tower, and a Tudor-style tower with French pavilion roof. At this time a new entrance drive was created, replacing an earlier SE entrance to the park from the Whitchurch-Ellesmere road. This new entrance, and the boundary wall which is probably contemporary with it, are shown on the 1873 Ordnance Survey.
Exterior
A brick wall approximately 230m long NW-SE, with saddleback coping and intermediate square piers with pyramid caps. At the SE end, in front of Top Lodge, the wall is lower and curves inwards to modern iron gates. At the NW end it returns and lines the drive to the Stables on the N side of the main house.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a prominent structure that contributes to the overall historical integrity of buildings at Bettisfield Park.
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