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Outbuildings attached to rear of Fairfield

Overton, Wrexham, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Overton, Wrexham, designated on 15 March 1994.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Outbuildings attached to rear of Fairfield, Overton, Wrexham, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation
Listed building, Grade II
Broad class
Domestic
Date of designation
15 March 1994
Community
Overton
Unitary authority
Wrexham
Country
Wales
Coordinates
52.96772, -2.93375
Cadw reference
14451

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)

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Cadw's description

Location

Opposite the corner with Millwood Rise.

History

House, built c1830.

Exterior

Flemish bond brickwork with pale headers, and steep hipped roof with axial stack to centre rear, and secondary (added) stack against right hand gable. 2 storeys, 3 window range with central entrance. Panelled door with radial fanlight beneath canopy; 12-pane sash windows with flat arched painted stone heads. Late C19 or early C20 extensions to the rear. A short boundary wall links the house with a stable range which is probably contemporary with it.

Reason for designation

Included as a well-preserved example of a substantial middle-class house, typical of Overton’s early C19 development.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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