Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
15/03/1994
Date of Amendment
15/03/1994
Name of Property
The Homestead
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Location
In a narrow plot of land alongside a lane W of the main settlement of Knolton Bryn.
History
Small-holders cottage. Early C19.
Exterior
Brick with slate roof, the building comprises small 2-unit, 2-storeyed cottage with small byre under the same roof. Cottage has doorway to right of centre, with flanking windows renewed in original openings, with single ring cambered brick heads. Upper windows also renewed in original openings, under the eaves. End wall stacks. Byre forms a single build with small window alongside, and loft entry above, all with single ring cambered brick heads. Diamond pattern vent to loft in front elevation.
Reason for designation
A good surviving example of a small-holders cottage, of a type once common in Overton, but not rarely surviving in an original condition.
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