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
87603
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
04/05/2010
Date of Amendment
04/05/2010
Name of Property
Squash Court at Chirk Castle
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Chirk
Town
Locality
Chirk
Easting
326725
Northing
338221
Street Side
Location
Situated 200m to the south of Chirk Castle Home Farm
Description
Broad Class
Period
History
Squash Court, built c1930 as part of the complex of estate buildings at Chirk Castle, reflecting the rise in popularity of the game of squash in the inter-war period.
Exterior
Squash Court, 2-storey brick building, with framing pilasters and applied half-timbering and whitewashed brick to upper storey. Gabled slate roof with large rooflight along ridge and swept eaves with plain chamfered bargeboards. Main entrance elevation to east with central half-glazed door with sidelights and 2-light small pane casements to either side, and wide 4-light window above. Lattice glazed diamond window in gable set within the timber framing. Side elevations of 4 bays articulated by brick pilasters. Rear elevation has a large square louvred ventilation panel within the timber framing.
Interior
Main door leads into entrance lobby with flagstone floor and door ahead into main squash court. Dog-leg stairs to left leads to viewing platform with timber balustrade, and door to right to small changing room. Squash retains timber flooring and markings; ceiling is modern but with the original iron roof trusses, tongue and groove lining and rooflight above.
Reason for designation
Included for its architecural interest as an unusual example of early C20 squash court, a type rare in Wales, for displaying a style distinctive of the inter-war period, for remaining remarkably intact and for group value with other estate buildings at Chirk Castle.
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