Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
93 Dean Road
Acton, Wrexham, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 31 January 1994
- Community
- Acton
- Unitary authority
- Wrexham
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.05716, -2.97330
- Cadw reference
- 1751
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 back in gardens from the west side of Dean Road towards its junction with Borras Road.
History
Pair of cottages, dated 1875 and built as part of the Acton Park estate.
Exterior
Brick with tiled roof, and half timbering in gables and central gabled dormer. One and a half storeys, symmetrically planned, with outer steeply arched entrance given emphasis by banded brickwork and small buttresses at angle, and 5-light brick mullioned window to each house. String courses above ground floor, and overhanging eaves. Central gabled dormer with paired 3-light casement windows (renewed) and arched braced timbering, with initials RAC and ESC on the tie beam. Further casement windows (renewed) in timber gable ends. Central stack.
Reason for designation
Listed as a good example of Neo-vernacular estate architecture.
Nearby in the register
- 95 Dean RoadDomesticunder 1 mi
- The LodgeDomesticunder 1 mi
- Cherry HillDomesticunder 1 mi
- St Giles HouseHealth and Welfareunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.