Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
28 Grosvenor Road
Rhosddu, Wrexham, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 31 January 1994
- Locality
- Rhosddu
- Community
- Rhosddu
- Unitary authority
- Wrexham
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.04985, -2.99563
- Cadw reference
- 16492
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
The last pair of houses on the SE side of Grosvenor Road before its junction with Rhosddu Road.
History
Built as a pair of houses between 1869 and 1872. One now in use as offices.
Exterior
Flemish bond brickwork with burnt headers, some ashlar dressings and slate roof. Each house is identical, and their composition as a pair is not therefore symmetrical. 2 storeys, 6 window range. Each house has advanced gable to the left, and shallow lean-to in its angle housing porch and paired ground floor windows. Shallow sementally arcged outer door to porch, which has angle quoins and plain wood fascia which continues across pair of full-height windows to the right. These are segmentally arched casements, divided by rusticated painted stone pilasters. Upper windows are 4-pane sashes in moulded stone architraves, with flat arched entablatues with keys, and continuous sill band. Advanced gables each have canted bay window with tall casement lights to ground floor, and Palladian window to upper storey, with continuous sill band. Modillion cornice forms open pediment to gable, and continues across right hand range. Axial stacks retail stepped brick and stone caps.
Reason for designation
Listed as a well-detailed and preserved villa design, a good early example of Wrexham's late C19 suburban development.
Nearby in the register
- 26 Grosvenor RoadDomesticunder 1 mi
- The Coach HouseCommercialunder 1 mi
- 65 King StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- 63 King StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.