86938

 

II  

Designated  

15/11/2005  

15/11/2005  

Halghton Forge  

 

Wrexham  

Hanmer  

 

Halghton  

341724  

343445  

SW  

Set back from the road just SE of Halghton Mill and bridge, approximately 3.5km SE of Bangor-is-y-coed.  

 

 

An early C19 Gredington estate house and smithy shown on the 1839 Tithe map. The present forge is later than the house and is shown on the 1873 Ordnance Survey.  

A 2-storey 2-window house of brick with slate roof on dentil eaves, and rebuilt brick end stacks. Its central entrance has a boarded door under a gabled canopy on brackets. Windows are 2-light casements, under segmental heads in the lower storey. In the L gable end is an inserted window lower L. Behind is a 1½-storey wing with 2-window side wall and 2 attic windows in the gable end, all 2-light casements. Attached to the wing are later additions extending across the rear of the forge. Against the R gable end of the house is the 1-storey former stable and forge. It has a 3-light window on the L side (formerly the door to a stable), and two 2-light windows further R. The rear of the forge has a reduced but large lateral stack, and added conservatory.  

The house has a 2-unit plan, with the larger room on the R side, at the rear of which is a closed-string staircase. The structure of one hearth has survived in the former forge.  

Listed as a well-preserved estate building retaining C19 character.