Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
14474
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
15/03/1994
Date of Amendment
15/03/1994
Name of Property
Gwalia
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Overton
Town
Locality
Knolton
Easting
335888
Northing
340585
Street Side
Location
Set back from the road west of Gwalia Farm, alongside the track leading to Llan-y-Cefn.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
House, originally a farmhouse (the remains of its farm-buildings survive south of the road). Mid C18, with early C19 modifications.
Exterior
Brick with slate roof. 2 storeys, 3 window range with central entrance; 6-panelled door beneath hood. Flanking window are paired 2-pane sashes with margin lights, inserted, probably in the early C19. Upper windows are also 2-pane sashes with margins lights, inserted in original openings. Coved plaster eaves cornice. Rear elevation retains remains of 3 original wood mullioned and transomed windows, in wide openings with cambered brick heads. All are wholly or partially blocked, and one is cut by the rear wing, which appear to have been added in the early C19. End wall stacks.
Interior
Reason for designation
A good example of a mid C18 farmhouse, of a kind typical of this area.
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