Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Ball's Hall
Rossett, Wrexham, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 7 June 1963
- Locality
- Burton
- Community
- Rossett
- Unitary authority
- Wrexham
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.11580, -2.95699
- Cadw reference
- 1574
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Set amidst open farmland 1 km north-east of Burton Road. Reached by a private track which leaves Burton Road at its junction with Rosemary Lane and Burton Hall Road to traverse an open field.
History
Built as the home of Captain Thomas Ball who married into the Santhey family, the major estate owners of Burton who resided at Burton Hall. Thomas Ball settled in Burton as early as 1648 and Ball's Hall is believed to have been completed in 1650 from an inscription above the fireplace. It came with an estate of 49ha in Burton and 31ha in Llay known as "Ball's Wood". In 1651 Thomas Ball was made High Sheriff of Denbighshire.
Exterior
Two-storey, brown brick house of C17 origins and C19 remodellings; C19 open lean-to to eastern end. Large stepped brick chimney stack to eastern end. Small-pane 3-light wooden casement windows to 4-window main front; later squared bay to right. Dentilated brick cornice. Later gabled to left.
Interior
Timber framed passage way runs the length of the house. End gables to first floor reveal heavy crucks. Wide floor boards and boarded doors with strap hinges. Principal feature is inscription above original fireplace which reads "TB 1650 MB".
Reason for designation
Listed as a good example of a mid C17 yeomans house with historical associations.
Nearby in the register
- Ivy Cottage (formerly known as Ravensbourne Cottages)Domesticunder 1 mi
- Llyndir Hall HotelDomesticunder 1 mi
- Christ ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Rossett War MemorialCommemorativeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.