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
1684
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
16/11/1962
Date of Amendment
15/03/1994
Name of Property
Church Cottage
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Overton
Town
Locality
Easting
337311
Northing
341857
Street Side
E
Location
Alongside the churchyard, at the end of a row of commercial buildings and houses.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Small cottage. Probably in origin C16 or early C17, but with some structural modifications. Apparently used as a shop at one time.
Exterior
Timber framed and painted brick with plain-tiled roof laid with scalloped bands. Originally square-panelled framing, but gable wall and part of front wall have been renewed in brick, painted in imitation of framing, probably in the C19. Single storeyed with an attic lit from the apex of the gable. Small 2-unit plan, with doorway towards centre, flanked by a 2-light casement window to right, and fixed-light 9-pane window to the right. Added lean-to to left is painted brick with 6-pane sash window: its position to the left of the stack suggests that the entire left-hand bay behind the lean-to may be a later addition, perhaps filling in a passage. It may have served as a small shop.
Interior
Reason for designation
A good example of a small vernacular building of the C17, retaining its scale and plan in spite of a number of alterations to the structure. Part of an important group of buildings on High Street.
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