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
Wyen Wenn Farmhouse
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Location
Reached by farm road on the NE side of a minor road between Breaden Heah and Penley, approximately 2.1km SE of Penley.
History
A modest late C18 or early C19 former Gredington estate farmhouse shown on the 1839 Tithe map.
Exterior
A small 2-storey farmhouse of brick with slate roof and end brick stack to the R, external stack to the L. Its entrance, offset to the R of centre, has a boarded door, under a later gabled canopy on brackets. Windows are 2-light casements in original openings, under segmental heads in the lower storey. Against the R gable end is an added lean-to with 2-light window and boarded door.
In the rear is a 2-light window on the R side. On the L side is a rear wing with 2 inserted windows in the side wall and 2-light casement above. Its opposite side wall has a 2-light window in the lower storey, single casement in the upper storey and small C20 lean-to on the L side with concrete lintel to the doorway.
Reason for designation
Listed as a well-preserved small C19 estate farmhouse, a type once common in the district but now rarely well preserved.
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