Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
86949
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
15/11/2005
Date of Amendment
15/11/2005
Name of Property
Revetment and balustrade to forecourt and formal garden of Bettisfield Park
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Hanmer
Town
Locality
Bettisfield Park
Easting
345992
Northing
337475
Street Side
Location
On the S and W sides of the house.
Description
Broad Class
Period
History
Bettisfield Park was the seat of the Hanmer family and is a house of at least C16 origin. A new S entrance front was built in the late C18, probably by Samuel Wyatt of London. In the mid C19 there were further additions, including an Italianate tower of the 1840s and a Tudor-style tower with French pavilion roof, and a new entrance on the E side. The revetment and balustrade belong to this mid C19 phase of enlargement and are shown on the 1873 Ordnance Survey.
Exterior
The main section is on the S side, a freestone revetment and balustrade incorporating panel piers with pyramidal caps, and open arcading. At the W end is a bowed projection, the piers of which are larger and have 4 small ball finials. The return across the W front of the house is simpler, of brick with stone coping, and brick piers with pyramid caps. It incorporates a narrow entrance. A short return at the N end has similar detail.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a C19 garden feature of definite historic character, and for its contribution to the setting of the house.
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