Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Carriage shelter at Whitewell Church
Bronington, Wrexham, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 16 November 1962
- Locality
- Whitewell
- Community
- Bronington
- Unitary authority
- Wrexham
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.96734, -2.75403
- Cadw reference
- 1674
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 1637 "Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
On the E side of the churchyard, adjacent to Church House.
History
A shelter of the C17 or C18, and shown on an Iscoyd Park estate plan of the 1830s.
Exterior
A 2-bay open-sided shelter on timber posts with diagonal tension braces to the sides, brackets to the front and rear, and hipped thatch roof.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special historic interest as an unusual and well-preserved C17 shelter in traditional materials, and with the adjacent stables and Church House for its contribution to the setting of the parish church.
Nearby in the register
- Stable at Whitewell ChurchNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Church of St MaryReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Church HoldingNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Shippon at Church HoldingNo class recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.