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
18/11/2005
Date of Amendment
18/11/2005
Name of Property
Little Hall Farmhouse
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Location
Approximately 1.3km NW of Bettisfield church, reached by farm road on the NW side of the A495.
History
A late C18 or early C19 farmhouse shown on the 1839 Tithe map.
Exterior
A late-Georgian 2-storey farmhouse, near square in plan, of hand-moulded brick and hipped slate roof projecting over a dentilled eaves band. The roof has a central valley and double-hip to the rear elevation, and 3 brick stacks.
The symmetrical 3-bay front has a central doorway, with replacement half-glazed door, original 3-pane overlight, and under a rebuilt brick head. Windows are replacements in original camber-headed openings, and have 2-light small-pane casements. In the 4-window R-hand side wall the L-hand windows are blind. Other windows are replacement 2-light and 3-light windows in original camber-headed openings.
Left-hand return range has 2 inserted doors, of which the centre-R may originally have been a window. In the lower storey are two 2-light windows in original openings and a 3-light window (possibly inserted) to the L, while the upper storey has three 2-light windows, all replaced in original camber-headed openings. The rear has an inserted central round-headed doorway, flanked by windows converted from former doorways. A blocked window is above the door.
Reason for designation
Listed as an early C19 estate farmhouse of definite architectural character..
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