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
1682
Building Number
20
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
16/11/1962
Date of Amendment
15/03/1994
Name of Property
White Cottage
Address
20 High Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Overton
Town
Locality
Easting
337319
Northing
341882
Street Side
Location
Between the White Horse Public House and Nos.17-18.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Small house, dated 1739, but probably representing the partial rebuilding of an earlier building.
Exterior
Painted brick with plain tiled roof. One and a half storeys, 2-unit plan with central entrance backing onto stack. Flanking windows are 9-pane flush framed sashes with moulded keystones (one of which carries the date) in cambered heads. Gabled dormers above with horizontal sliding sash windows. Plain moulded eaves.
Interior
Reason for designation
A good example of an early C18 vernacular building, probably incorporating elements of an earlier structure, which forms part of an important group of buildings on High Street.
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