Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Top Farmhouse
Overton, Wrexham, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Knolton Bryn, Overton, Wrexham, designated on 15 March 1994.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 15 March 1994
- Locality
- Knolton Bryn
- Community
- Overton
- Unitary authority
- Wrexham
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.94876, -2.94518
- Cadw reference
- 14479
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Towards the SW boundary of the community, W of the main settlement of Knolton Bryn.
History
Farmhouse. Probably late C17 or early C18, but refronted in the later C18 or early C19.
Exterior
Brick with close studded timber framing and brick infill in rear wall. Slate roof with end wall stacks. 2 storeys, 2-unit plan with central entrance. Plank door, flanked by 3-light casement windows with cambered brick heads. Rear wing probably an early C19 addition, with some C20 extensions to its rear. Interior retains significant elements of the original plan, the main hall with inglenook fireplace and chamfered spine beam, and the parlour bisected down its length to form a small service room to the rear. The parlour was probably originally an unheated room, since its chimney is clearly a much later addition.
Reason for designation
An early C18 vernacular farmhouse, retaining much of its original form.
Nearby in the register
- The HomesteadDomesticunder 1 mi
- Knolton Mission ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Mile Post opposite drive to QueensbridgeTransportunder 1 mi
- Byre/Stable Range at Gwalia FarmDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.