Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Argoed Farmhouse
Overton, Wrexham, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Overton, Wrexham, designated on 15 March 1994.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 15 March 1994
- Community
- Overton
- Unitary authority
- Wrexham
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.97722, -2.92748
- Cadw reference
- 14431
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV.Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. a. England ab sich: Shire:15-17, 33 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Down a short drive, close to the junction of Argoed Lane and Bangor Road.
History
Built as a farmhouse in the mid-C18 (possibly on the site of an earlier building), with some minor remodelling during the C19.
Exterior
Brick with slate roof with coped gables and end wallstacks. The main part of the house is 2 storeyed, a 2-window range with central entrance; single storeyed integral wing extends the building line to the west, and there is also an original 2-storeyed wing to the rear. Central entrance in added gabled porch is flanked by 4-pane sash windows with flat-arched heads on each floor. These are C19 insertions, but some earlier windows (now blocked) survive in the rear of the main range, and there is a single original window opening in the rear wing, with cambered brick head. Plain string course between the storeys and above the first floor. Eaves band renewed in main part of house, but original dentilled band survives in single storeyed wing to west.
Reason for designation
Included as a good example of a mid-C18 farmhouse, which shows a refinement of a vernacular tradition indicative of the prosperity of the area at that time.
Reflect the earlier C19 interest in building ‘model’ examples of estate buildings.
Nearby in the register
- Ty GwernenDomesticunder 1 mi
- Quinta CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Pendas HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Dispensary RowDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.