Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
1784
Building Number
28
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
31/01/1994
Date of Amendment
31/01/1994
Name of Property
NO.28 HIGH STREET (S SIDE),,,,,CLWYD,
Address
28 High Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Offa
Town
Locality
Easting
333605
Northing
350207
Street Side
Location
Towards the junction of High Street and Yorke Street.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Possibly the building refered to by Palmer as the Conservative Club. If this is so, the history of the site can be traced to at least 1661, when a house and shop were recorded. The present building was probably built C1820.
Exterior
Painted brick with slate roof with end wall stacks. 3 storeys, 2 window range with C20 ground floor frontage recessed beneath balcony of first floor. First floor windows are floor-height casements with arched heads set beneath segmental relieving arches. Balcony (which appears from early photographic evidence to be an early and perhaps original feature of the building) has wrought iron balustrade with decorative circular motifs. Upper windows are 4-pane sashes, also with flat arched heads, and with continuous sill band. Moulded cornice and blocking course with central raised panel.
Interior
Reason for designation
Forms part of an important group of commercial buildings on High Street.
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