Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
86973
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
18/11/2005
Date of Amendment
18/11/2005
Name of Property
Wyen Wenn Farmhouse
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Maelor South
Town
Locality
Tarts Hill
Easting
343710
Northing
338812
Street Side
Location
Reached by farm road on the NE side of a minor road between Breaden Heah and Penley, approximately 2.1km SE of Penley.
Description
Broad Class
Period
History
A modest late C18 or early C19 former Gredington estate farmhouse shown on the 1839 Tithe map.
Exterior
A small 2-storey farmhouse of brick with slate roof and end brick stack to the R, external stack to the L. Its entrance, offset to the R of centre, has a boarded door, under a later gabled canopy on brackets. Windows are 2-light casements in original openings, under segmental heads in the lower storey. Against the R gable end is an added lean-to with 2-light window and boarded door.
In the rear is a 2-light window on the R side. On the L side is a rear wing with 2 inserted windows in the side wall and 2-light casement above. Its opposite side wall has a 2-light window in the lower storey, single casement in the upper storey and small C20 lean-to on the L side with concrete lintel to the doorway.
Interior
Not inspected.
Reason for designation
Listed as a well-preserved small C19 estate farmhouse, a type once common in the district but now rarely well preserved.
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