Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
86955
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
15/11/2005
Date of Amendment
15/11/2005
Name of Property
West View
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Hanmer
Town
Locality
Horseman's Green
Easting
344476
Northing
340971
Street Side
Location
Set back on the E side of a minor road at the S end of the hamlet.
Description
Broad Class
Period
History
A C18 house, shown on the 1839 Tithe map.
Exterior
A Georgian vernacular classical house of 2½ storeys and symmetrical 3-window front. Of brick with slate roof behind coped gables on moulded kneelers, and 3 rebuilt brick stacks. The entrance is within a shallow advanced bay with open pediment. It has a fielded-panel door under a round-headed overlight, and with side lights, under a gabled canopy. Window openings are original under keyed wedge lintels, and are larger in the lower storey. All have replacement windows. The central pediment has a broken dentil cornice, keyed oculus and coped verge.
Set slightly back on the L side is a 1-storey C20 extension. The L gable end has replacement windows, including an attic window on the R side. The R gable end has replacement 2-pane sashes on the R side in each storey. Behind is a rear wing (a separate dwelling known as The Holding).
Interior
Not inspected.
Reason for designation
Listed, notwithstanding some window replacement, as a Georgian house retaining definite architectural character in a prominent location at the end of the hamlet.
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