Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
20261
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
29/07/1998
Date of Amendment
29/07/1998
Name of Property
Fron-uchaf Farmhouse
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Chirk
Town
Wrexham
Locality
Fron isaf
Easting
327197
Northing
340449
Street Side
Location
The farm stands N of the hamlet of Fron-isaf, on the W side of the road running NW to Pen-y-graig and Froncysyllte.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Built probably in the the period 1800 - 1840, probably replacing an earlier timber framed house associated with the extant barn.
Exterior
Farmhouse built of rubble stonework, with a tiled roof, the roof extended over the shoulder of the N external gable stack. Two storeys, 3 wide bays. Central entrance, a 6-panelled door with 4-pane overlight, and an added timber framed open porch. Sixteen-paned sashes to the ground floor, 4 x 4 half-sashes to the first floor, all windows with stone sills and segmental headed openings. To the rear, a long 2-bay 2-storey rear wing with a central stack and a wide single stone extension at right angles on its N side.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a fine example of an early C19 farmhouse, part of a group with its adjoining barn range.
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