Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
17878
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
03/12/1996
Date of Amendment
03/12/1996
Name of Property
Combined Pigsties and Hen House at New Sontley Farm
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Marchwiel
Town
Locality
Erddig
Easting
333397
Northing
348283
Street Side
W
Location
Situated to the W of New Sontley Farmhouse.
Description
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Period
History
Probably early C19, some alteration later C20.
Exterior
Red brick, slate roof, moulded stone capping to pigsty yard wall. Monopitch shed; S end has 2 small openings at ground level for poultry and a door in the left hand return elevation. The remainder of the range consists of 4 pigsties with paired doors in yard walls. Each sty is served by an external bowl mounted on a brick plinth which connects to internal ceramic chute and feeding trough. The bowls are ceramic except that at the S end which is stone. Simple paired entrances under cambered arches give to the shed. The yard dividing walls have been damaged.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as an example of a combined pigsty and henhouse and for group value with New Sontley Farmhouse and former stable.
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